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Terik Parascak set to compete at 2024 Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects game
PRINCE GEORGE-18 WHL Players have been selected to complete in the 2024 Kubota CHL / NHL Top Prospects Game, including Cougars own Terik Parascak.The Lethbridge Alberta product will compete with 39 pl...
Dec 19, 2023

No. 17 UConn to play TMU in a game NCAA will recognize as a regular-season contest
HARTFORD, Conn. - Don't call it an exhibition. No. 17 UConn is headed to Canada for a game Wednesday against Toronto Metropolitan University, which is not an NCAA team but a member of the Canadian org...
Dec 19, 2023

Drought-prone California OKs new rules for turning wastewater directly into drinking water
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California water agencies could soon turn wastewater into drinking water. The California Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday approved new rules for turning water from to...
Dec 19, 2023

Broadcaster speaks out on the importance of the Shingles vaccine
PRINCE GEORGE-Searing pain, rashes and fluid filled blisters that burst and crust over. All of these are symptoms of their varicella virus, also known as shingles, and for Tamara Stanners her vision w...
Dec 19, 2023

Drivers beware: Snowfall warning in Pine Pass
PRINCE GEORGE - If you plan on travelling through the Pine Pass Tuesday expect to experience some snow.Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Pine Pass with the white stuff expected ...
Dec 19, 2023

Canadian forward Brooks fined after ejection for arguing with official
NEW YORK - The NBA has fined Houston Rockets forward Dillon Brooks US$35,000 for directing inappropriate language toward a game official and publicly criticizing officiating. Brooks was given two tech...
Dec 19, 2023

NBA Notebook: Canada's Brooks enjoys big second half in comeback win over former team
Dillon Brooks made some statements in his first game back in Memphis last Friday. The Mississauga, Ont., native scored 24 of his 26 points in the second half as the Houston Rockets overcame a double-d...
Dec 19, 2023

Prince Edward Island second province to sign health-care funding deal with Ottawa
OTTAWA - Prince Edward Island signed a $94-million deal with the federal government to fund improvements to the province's health-care system. This makes P.E.I the second province to come to an agreem...
Dec 19, 2023

Groups sue over new Texas law that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Civil rights organizations on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and permit local judges...
Dec 19, 2023

Seabrook continuing career transition with Canada at world juniors: 'I love hockey'
Brent Seabrook was trying to find something. A three-time Stanley Cup champion forced to prematurely end his playing career in 2021 due to a lingering hip injury, the former Chicago Blackhawks defence...
Dec 19, 2023