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Drug busts lead to four arrests over the weekend
PRINCE GEORGE-Four people were arrested in a drug trafficking investigation over the weekend.On Sunday, May 31, the Prince George RCMP executed two Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrants ...
Jun 02, 2020
With Italy at risk, Europe Central Bank could boost stimulus
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank could soon expand its anti-pandemic stimulus program to more than a trillion euros, giving it more firepower to keep the virus crisis from sliding into a new fina...
Jun 02, 2020
Astronauts ring opening bell for Nasdaq from space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The astronauts launched into orbit by SpaceX joined in the ringing of the opening bell for the Nasdaq on Tuesday to mark "a pivotal moment" for the space economy. NASA astronaut...
Jun 02, 2020
Major League Soccer players continue to boycott training in labour impasse
For the second day in a row, players from Toronto FC, the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps skipped training as MLS and its Players Association remained at odds in an apparent labour impasse. Pl...
Jun 02, 2020
Press pass offering little defence for journalists caught in the U.S. fray
WASHINGTON - Press passes and television cameras, once powerful emblems of neutral non-combatants, are proving no defence for journalists covering the widespread public unrest in the United State...
Jun 02, 2020
Jets captain Blake Wheeler on racism: 'You can't be silent anymore'
Blake Wheeler says he regrets not speaking up sooner. After posting a letter to Twitter over the weekend on the death of George Floyd and the mass protests that followed across the United States, the ...
Jun 02, 2020
6 Atlanta officers charged after students pulled from car
ATLANTA - Six Atlanta police officers have been charged over excessive use of force during a protest arrest incident involving two college students, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Fulton County District A...
Jun 02, 2020
Wolf killed near Prince Rupert B.C. after rare attack on a human
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - Conservation officers in northwestern British Columbia have captured and killed a lone wolf that may have been responsible for a rare attack on a human. A social media post ...
Jun 02, 2020
Judge gives control of Joe Exotic's zoo to Carole Baskin
WYNNEWOOD, Okla. - A federal judge in Oklahoma has awarded ownership of the zoo made famous in Netflix's "Tiger King" docuseries to Joe Exotic's chief rival. In a ruling Monday, U.S. District Judge Sc...
Jun 02, 2020
Wes Unseld, NBA Rookie of Year and MVP in 1969, dies at 74
WASHINGTON - Wes Unseld, the workmanlike Hall of Fame centre who led Washington to its only NBA championship and was chosen one of the 50 greatest players in league history, died Tuesday after a serie...
Jun 02, 2020