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Wayne Johnson beats Jan. 6 offender Chuck Hand for GOP nomination in Georgia congressional district
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Republicans were settling two congressional nominations in Tuesday runoffs, with a former Donald Trump aide bidding for an open seat and a man convicted for illegally demonstrat...
Jun 18, 2024
Police say shoplifting started at new B.C. store 40 minutes after first opening
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Police say a new grocery store in Prince George, B.C., has been hit by a spate of shoplifting that began 40 minutes after it opened its doors for the first time. The Buy-Low Food...
Jun 18, 2024
Kansas lawmakers approve a plan to lure the Chiefs from Missouri by helping to finance a new stadium
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas legislators approved a plan Tuesday aimed at luring the Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri by helping to finance a new stadium for the Super Bowl champions. The bill pass...
Jun 18, 2024
Four Kamloops-area projects get active transportation grants from province
KAMLOOPS - The province has announced 11 new active transportation grants worth $85 million - and four of those grants are earmarked for projects in the Kamloops area.Shuswap Road multi-use path from ...
Jun 18, 2024
Texas megachurch pastor resigns after woman says he sexually abused her in the 1980s
DALLAS (AP) - The pastor of a Texas megachurch has resigned after a woman said he had sexually abused her on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12. Gateway Church's board of elder...
Jun 18, 2024
B.C.'s 'war in the woods' battlegrounds to be permanently protected
VICTORIA - Forests that were environmental and Indigenous rights battlegrounds over clearcut logging during British Columbia's "war in the woods" in the 1980s and 1990s are set to receive permanent pr...
Jun 18, 2024
B.C.'s 'war in the woods' battlegrounds to be permanently protected
VICTORIA - Forests that were environmental and Indigenous rights battlegrounds over clearcut logging during British Columbia's "war in the woods" in the 1980s and 1990s are set to receive permanent pr...
Jun 18, 2024
Vancouver Canucks sign defenceman Hronek to eight-year extension
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenceman Filip Hronek to an eight-year extension with an average annual value of US$7.25 million. Hronek, 26, was set to become a restricted free agent ...
Jun 18, 2024
SOUND OFF: Come for the market goodies, stay for the sense of belonging
IT'S SATURDAY, which means that it's farmers' market day. (There is a Wednesday market day, too, by the way.) In our family, we shape our weekend activities around this weekly event, unless we are out...
Jun 18, 2024
B.C. liberties group to file complaint of violent arrests in pro-Palestine protest
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association says it will be filing a complaint with the Vancouver Police Department's civilian oversight board, saying police used "excessive use of fo...
Jun 18, 2024
