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Smaller parties could play major role in Federal election
The Federal election is just around the corner and residents of Prince George and across the nation have more options this time around of who they can vote for.With so many options for Canadians to vo...
Oct 10, 2019
Mental Health Day spreads awareness surrounding the illness
October 10th marks Mental Health Day across the globe and is a day to spread awareness regarding mental illness and continue the fight to end the stigma surrounding it.Mental health is something which...
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UNBC applies for mediator as talks with faculty association fail
PRINCE GEORGE -Update: UNBC's Faculty Association says a mediator has been appointed in this case though a date for mediated talks has not yet been set.President Stephen Rader says the main sticking p...
Oct 10, 2019
Heaviest cannabis users consumed two-thirds of cannabis in Canada: UNBC study
PRINCE GEORGE-A UNBC professor has found that the upper ten percent of heaviest-using cannabis individuals are responsible for consuming around two-thirds of all cannabis used in Canada in 2018.Northe...
Oct 10, 2019 Courtesy of UNBC
City improving health and safety in downtown
PRINCE GEORGE-During this year's Talktober (an opportunity for the community to voice their concerns to Mayor and Council) poverty, along with safety downtown were a priority."Poverty reduction is one...
Oct 10, 2019 Courtesy of The City of Prince George
Volunteers needed to serve and chat
PRINCE GEORGE - Thanksgiving is a time when friends and family gather and share a meal. The Fire Pit, located downtown is a drop-in centre where people go to get a cup of coffee and connect with other...
Oct 10, 2019
Singh says NDP can 'work with the rest of Canada' to draw contrast with Bloc
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh looked to paint a bright orange line between his party and the Bloc Quebecois on Thursday, telling Quebecers that only the NDP would be able to land the things that ma...
Oct 10, 2019
Top court lets stand nine-year pornography sentence for daycare supervisor
OTTAWA - A nine-year prison sentence handed to a Toronto-area day-care supervisor who used toddlers for child pornography will stand. The Supreme Court of Canada says it won't hear the Crown's appeal ...
Oct 10, 2019
Climate change threatens crops, water for billions around globe: study
Canadian research is part of an extensive global climate change study that has found billions of the world's poorest people are at risk. The results, published Thursday in the journal Science, raise t...
Oct 10, 2019
Final arguments begin in case of Quebec man charged in slaying of wife, stranger
ST-JEROME, Que. - Final arguments have begun in the double murder trial of Ugo Fredette. The Quebec man is on trial for first-degree murder in the deaths of his ex-wife Veronique Barbe and Yvon L...
Oct 10, 2019