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Armstrong high school receives funding for new gymnasium
Pleasant Valley Secondary School (PVSS) will begetting a new gymnasium thanks to some provincial funding.The B.C. government is providing the Armstrong school with $15.2 million to construct the gym, ...
Jul 06, 2022
Unsettled B.C. weather prompts flash floods, complicates river level forecasts
VANCOUVER - The city of Prince George is the latest to feel the lash of torrential downpours linked to ongoing unsettled weather across British Columbia. Environment Canada is reporting about six mill...
Jul 06, 2022
A chronology of Patrick Brown's political career
A timeline of the ups and downs in Patrick Brown's political career: 1998: elected president of the Ontario PC Youth Association. 2000: elected as city councillor in Barrie, Ont. 2003: re-elected as B...
Jul 06, 2022
Biden tells with Griner's wife he's working to get her home
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has called the wife of WNBA player Brittney Griner, who is detained in Russia, and has pledged that he is working to win her release as soon as possible, the Whit...
Jul 06, 2022
Edmonton Elks add Watson, Lyles and Scarlett to practice roster
EDMONTON - American linebacker Tre Watson has found a new home. Watson joined the Edmonton Elks practice roster Wednesday. He was released by Montreal on Monday after starting in the Alouettes' first ...
Jul 06, 2022
Quebec caught between reducing arsenic emissions from factory and preserving 650 jobs
MONTREAL - Quebec's government is facing pressure to address the high levels of arsenic emitted from a copper foundry in a small northwestern city without sacrificing the factory's 650 jobs and the re...
Jul 06, 2022
CFL names Rourke, Powell and Robertson as its top players for June
TORONTO - B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke, Saskatchewan running back Jamal Powell and Roughriders defensive lineman Pete Robertson were named the CFL's top performers for the month of June on Wed...
Jul 06, 2022
Women graduates, those with college educations more likely to access CERB: StatCan
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada study finds women post-secondary graduates were more likely to receive the Canada Emergency Response Benefit in 2020 than male graduates. The study also finds that tho...
Jul 06, 2022
AP source: Cipollone agrees to testify before Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pat Cipollone, Donald Trump's former White House counsel, is scheduled to testify Friday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to ...
Jul 06, 2022
French government plans to nationalize electricity giant EDF
PARIS (AP) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Wednesday that the government plans to nationalize French electricity giant EDF amid an energy crisis aggravated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine...
Jul 06, 2022
