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Spruce Kings Home Opener set for this Friday
PRINCE GEORGE-Starting the season with two wins and a single loss, the Prince George Spruce Kings will be hosting their Home Opener this Friday (Sept. 27) at Kopar Memorial Arena.The Kings will be bat...
Sep 25, 2024

The Northern View #48: And We're Off!
The wait is over and the BC election has begun.Unlike the last election, the BC Liberals/United have all but disappeared and for the first time in 70 years, the BC Conservatives have risen from the de...
Sep 25, 2024

Vancouver's B.C. Place to host games at soccer's 2025 Gold Cup
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium has been named as one of the host venues for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial regional championship for teams in North and Central America and the Ca...
Sep 25, 2024

Putin says a nuclear power supporting an attack on Russia can be considered an aggressor
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that a nuclear power supporting another country's attack on Russia will be considered a participant in aggression under a new version of M...
Sep 25, 2024

Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over 'sadistic' abuses
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people - a bishop, priests and laypeople -- from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation unc...
Sep 25, 2024

Small English soccer team has huge year, thanks in part to Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A soccer game in England on Tuesday night drove a spike in online traffic across the Atlantic to a website launched by the Newfoundland and Labrador government. Newfoundland and Lab...
Sep 25, 2024

Biden says all-out war is still possible as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalates
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday that "all-out war" is still possible as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, but he's hopeful an off-ramp can be found to prevent further...
Sep 25, 2024

Quebec opposition parties denounce $6.5M subsidy to Presidents Cup golf tournament
QUBEC - Quebec's opposition parties are denouncing the $6.5-million subsidy granted by the provincial government to the Presidents Cup golf tournament taking place in the Montreal area this week. The ...
Sep 25, 2024

High-ranking Montreal police officer accuses force of racism in resignation letter
MONTREAL - A high-ranking Montreal police officer says racism is a "cancer eating away at the organization" in a resignation letter marking the end of his 30-year career with the force. Cmdr. Patrice ...
Sep 25, 2024

Quebec opposition parties denounce $6.5M subsidy to Presidents Cup golf tournament
QUBEC - Quebec's opposition parties are denouncing the $6.5-million subsidy granted by the provincial government to the Presidents Cup golf tournament taking place in the Montreal area this week. The ...
Sep 25, 2024