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Cougars' success gives local businesses plenty to cheer about
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars have enjoyed a dominant post season so far, going 7-1 and currently holding a 3-1 series lead over the Kelowna Rockets in round two of the WHL playoffs. While...
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Three B.C. hunters fined and banned for unlawfully killing wildlife near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Three men from British Columbia's Lower Mainland have been fined and banned from hunting for 10 years each for "unlawfully killing wildlife," including a deer pregnant with two fawns....
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Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted
BURNABY, B.C. - The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage in 2019 has told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was hol...
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Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted
BURNABY, B.C. - The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage in 2019 has told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was hol...
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How bad did Dylan Strome want to make the NHL playoffs? Ask his brothers
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Dylan Strome was never good at losing, whether it was playing baseball in his front yard or stick hockey in the basement with his brothers. "He hated losing more than he loved wi...
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Upper Patricia residents concerned over toxic air
PRINCE GEORGE - Yet another fire near Mocassin Flats occurred recently. It comes on the heels of a fire that erupted in late March and it prompted a letter to Council at the most recent meeting about ...
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Scheffler wiped out from Masters and opens with a 69 at Hilton Head. He trails Poston by 6 shots
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Scottie Scheffler is running on fumes after an exhausting Masters victory just four days ago. He hit a shank from a bunker. He nearly lost his mind from mud on his golf...
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The Quesnel River Rush set to make immediate impact on the KIJHL
QUESNEL - It was exciting news when the city of Quesnel announced they were the 3rd expansion team to join the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The first time the city has had juni...
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Seventeenth NMP class graduates
PRINCE GEORGE - The Northern Medical Program has graduated its seventeenth set of aspiring doctors. They follow hundreds of predecessorsOne of the graduates is Alex Benny, whose journey has yet to fin...
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BC Wildfire Service starts “controlled burn trial” at the Vanderhoof airport, creating smokey conditions
VANDERHOOF -BC Wildfire Service began "controlled burn trials" at the Vanderhoof airport, on Thursday, April 18. The smoke from the burning may impact nearby residents and the burns will be conducted ...
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