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Boeing papers show employees slid 737 Max problems past FAA
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill lashed out at Boeing on Friday after the release of a batch of emails and text messages in which company employees questioned the safety of the now-grounded 737 Max, called t...
Jan 10, 2020

UN authorizes cross-border aid to Syria only from Turkey
CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Friday limiting the delivery of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria to just two crossing points from Turkey to the mainly rebel-...
Jan 10, 2020

Funds for ECE welcome
PRINCE GEORGE - The Early Childhood Education program at the College of New Caledonia is overjoyed at a recent announcement of $4 million in additional funding for bursaries to offset the cost of gett...
Jan 10, 2020

Google legal chief leaving amid sexual misconduct troubles
David Drummond, the legal chief of Google parent company Alphabet, is leaving at the end of the month, following accusations of inappropriate relationships with employees. Alphabet did not give a reas...
Jan 10, 2020

Busy year coming for library
PRINCE GEORGE - Officials with the Prince George Public Library have given themselves a very busy year. Not only are renovations for the new entrance in full swing, but the library will also be introd...
Jan 10, 2020

Canada's newest astronauts finish basic training at NASA in Texas
It's a small step toward the moon, but a giant leap for two Canadians. The two Albertans who graduated today from NASA's basic astronaut training will be part of the next generation of space explorers...
Jan 10, 2020

Highway plow trucks need room to work
PRINCE GEORGE - With Prince George under a snowfall warning, CKPG was invited by highway contractors YRB to find out first hand what it's like to work the snowy highways during the dead of winter. We ...
Jan 10, 2020

University of Windsor students, researchers honoured following Iran crash
WINDSOR, Ont. - The loved ones of five Windsor, Ont.-based students and researchers killed in the Iran plane crash joined together in their grief Friday as they remembered the "shining stars...
Jan 10, 2020

Snow clearing gets underway
PRINCE GEORGE - The snow started coming down this morning and Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning. Snow and ice control crews are working to clear priority routes as a significant snow system...
Jan 10, 2020

Man charged with shooting, injuring Minnesota officer
WASECA, Minn. - Prosecutors in southern Minnesota charged a man with attempted murder on Wednesday, alleging he shot and gravely injured a police officer who was responding to a report of a suspicious...
Jan 10, 2020