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Top skip Tracy Fleury joins Rachel Homan's curling team
Tracy Fleury is joining Rachel Homan's curling team, but where one of the top skips in Canadian women's curling will play in the lineup has yet to be announced. Homan, a national and world champion sk...
Mar 25, 2022
Hocker able to focus on coaching football following retirement from school district
PRINCE GEORGE - It was a champion's send-off.The entire school body at DP Todd Secondary School in Prince George celebrated the career of Ken Hocker, a custodian at the school for over a decade.With h...
Mar 25, 2022
1697s First Responders Rugby Team hosting fundraiser event
PRINCE GEORGE - Two years ago, Adam Gordon was looking to piece together a rugby team made up entirely of local first responders.However, within months, the COVID-19 pandemic rolled in and put a stop ...
Mar 25, 2022
Local artist donates piece in support of Ukraine
PRINCE GEORGE-Since the Russian invasion into Ukraine began, the community of Prince George has stepped up to help. Rallies, monetary donations, fundraisers, and even residents offering to open up the...
Mar 25, 2022
B.C. reports two more deaths, hospitalizations inch up
VICTORIA - Two more people have died of COVID-19 in British Columbia, bringing the death toll to 2,983 since the pandemic began. The Health Ministry says in a statement that hospitalizations due to CO...
Mar 25, 2022
Canada Soccer condemns abuse of Mark-Anthony Kaye following sending-off in Costa Rica
TORONTO - Canada Soccer has condemned abusive comments directed at Mark-Anthony Kaye following his sending-off in Thursday's 1-0 loss in Costa Rica in World Cup qualifying play. The Colorado Rapids mi...
Mar 25, 2022
Henry Burris leaves B.C. Lions for NFL coaching job
VANCOUVER - Henry Burris is no longer an offensive consultant with the B.C. Lions - after just 10 days on the job. The Canadian Football League club announced on Friday that Burris was leaving for a c...
Mar 25, 2022
Olympic champion Maude Charron leads Canada's Commonwealth Games weightlifting team
Five Tokyo Olympians, including Olympic and Commonwealth champion Maude Charron, will be part of Canada's 14-athlete weightlifting team at this summer's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The ...
Mar 25, 2022
ICBA commits funds and more to Ukraine
PRINCE GEORGE - Thirty-five hundred construction workers in BC, members of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association have stepped up in light of the conflict in Ukraine, putting dollars w...
Mar 25, 2022
Climate protests held in cities across Canada as part of global movement
MONTREAL - Protesters gathered in cities across Canada on Friday to denounce government inaction on fighting climate change as part of a series of worldwide environmental protests. The events were par...
Mar 25, 2022