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Climate change cited as reason to deny injunction extension over logging in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A lawyer representing a man opposed to the extension of an injunction against ongoing protests over old-growth logging says the B.C. Supreme Court should keep in mind public concerns o...
Sep 15, 2021
Ex-House speaker settles child sexual abuse payments suit
YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Once powerful former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of child sexual abuse reached a tentative out-of-court settlement Wednesday over Hastert's refus...
Sep 15, 2021
Canadian featherweight T.J. (The Truth) Laramie to fight on UFC 268 undercard
Canadian featherweight T.J. (The Truth) Laramie will fight American Melsik (The Gun) Baghdasaryan on the undercard of UFC 268 on Nov. 6 at Madison Square Garden. Both fighters are graduates of Dana Wh...
Sep 15, 2021
States learning how many Afghan evacuees coming their way
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Wednesday began notifying governors and state refugee coordinators across the country about how many Afghan evacuees from among the first group of nearly ...
Sep 15, 2021
Notley says admission from Hinshaw about ‘Open For Summer’ plan is disturbing
EDMONTON - Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley says it was disturbing to hear the chief medical officer of health confirm the cause of the fourth wave of COVID-19 in the province.Dr. Deena Hin...
Sep 15, 2021
Local representation at World Armwrestling Championships
Orlando, Florida is hosting the 2021 World Armwrestling Championships this week and the Peace Country will be represented.Gary McDonald of the Northern Twistmasters Armwrestling Club will be among the...
Sep 15, 2021
Nearly 1/4 of Peace Region crop combined: Report
The province's crop report dated September 7 says 23.4 per cent of the crop in the Peace Country had been combined as of that date.The five-year average for this time of year is 5.9 per cent.The perce...
Sep 15, 2021
High Prairie's Shantz signs with WHL's Cougars
High Prairie native and former GPAC Storm U15 AAA player Zackary Shantz has signed a Standard Player Agreement with the Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League (WHL).Shantz was drafted in t...
Sep 15, 2021
United Way Alberta Northwest adds new event to annual Fire Truck Pull fundraiser
A new event has been added to the United Way Alberta Northwest's annual Fire Truck Pull at the Bonnetts Energy Centre on September 18.This year, the United Way Alberta Northwest, in partnership with t...
Sep 15, 2021
Refugee claimants take Safe Third Country Agreement appeal to Supreme Court
OTTAWA - Refugee claimants and their advocates are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review a decision that affirmed the constitutionality of a key pact between Ottawa and Washington on asylum see...
Sep 15, 2021