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Dubois denies making trade request, says Montreal comments 'blown out of proportion'
WINNIPEG - Pierre-Luc Dubois says he never asked the Winnipeg Jets for a trade and comments that he wants to play in Montreal were blown out of proportion. The five-year NHL forward spoke with the med...
Jul 25, 2022
UNBC soccer player goes international with Tongan team
PRINCE GEORGE - UNBC's very own Kiana Swift has travelled across the world to play soccer in a country that hits close to home. The Timberwolves athlete planned to play with the Tongan team in 2019, b...
Jul 25, 2022
Feds seek dental care program ideas from industry, no details on shape it will take
OTTAWA - The federal government has asked the private sector to weigh in on how companies could play a role in Canada's national dental care plan. The Liberals set aside $5.3 billion over the next fiv...
Jul 25, 2022
Cougars announce updates to both business and hockey operations staff
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars have announced Business and Hockey Operations staff updates for the upcoming 2022-2023 season. Current goaltending coach Taylor Dakers has been named the new ...
Jul 25, 2022
Flames' newest faces Huberdeau, Weegar 'excited' for season following shock of trade
CALGARY - With the initial shock having finally subsided after learning late that they had been traded from the Florida Panthers to Calgary , Jonathan Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar are ready to get s...
Jul 25, 2022
David Trimble, architect of N Ireland peace deal, dies at 77
LONDON (AP) - David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for playing a key role in helping end Northern Ireland's decades of violence, has died, the Ulster U...
Jul 25, 2022
Reaction to the Pope's apology for Catholic Church's role in residential schools
MASKWACIS - Pope Francis delivered on Monday an apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools, saying many Christians supported the colonization of Indigenous people. He made the...
Jul 25, 2022
Maxwell’s new digs: Fla. prison known for yoga, music, abuse
NEW YORK (AP) - Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite turned convicted sex trafficker, is off to Florida to serve a 20-year federal prison sentence for helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexuall...
Jul 25, 2022
Mountie says holding back gun details was 'no-brainer' in N.S. mass shooting
HALIFAX - The Mountie in charge of the investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting says it was a "no-brainer" for him to withhold details of the killer's guns nine days after the rampage. Chief S...
Jul 25, 2022
'Deplorable evil': Full text of the Pope's residential school apology
MASKWACIS, ALTA. - Pope Francis delivered an apology to Indigenous residential school survivors in Maskwacis, Alta., after a visit to the former site of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School on Mon...
Jul 25, 2022