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Another private retailer selling cannabis
PRINCE GEORGE - Another option for those who want to purchase pot in Prince George.Zaga's Hemp Shop starting selling it this morning. It's the second shop to open its doors this summer since the drug ...
Aug 20, 2019
Canada's Andre De Grasse misses out on Diamond League medal by 4/100 of a second
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Andre De Grasse missed out on a Diamond League medal by just four one-hundredths of a second. De Grasse, from Markham, Ont., was fifth in the 100-metre dash in 10.13 ...
Aug 20, 2019
Lampard's Chelsea homecoming ruined as Leicester earns draw
Frank Lampard climbed the steps in the tunnel and emerged to rapturous applause from Chelsea fans, a flame display and a giant banner at one end of Stamford Bridge that read "Welcome Home Super Frank....
Aug 20, 2019
Former Longhorns, NFL RB Benson dies in motorcycle accident
AUSTIN, Texas - Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36. Benson's attorne...
Aug 20, 2019
Joan Jett, Underwood to perform 'Sunday Night Football' open
Fred Gaudelli knew NBC would have to come up with something grand for this season's "Sunday Night Football" opener given this is the NFL's 100th anniversary. It didn't take long for the show's executi...
Aug 20, 2019
Military hopes for post-Norman stability as new army commander installed
OTTAWA - The Canadian Army is receiving a new commander as the military tries to turn the page on years upheaval caused by the failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Cannons boomed and soldie...
Aug 20, 2019
O'Rourke becomes Director of Player Development for the Cougars
PRINCE GEORGE-A new position for the former Associate Coach of the Prince George Cougars.Steve O'Rourke has been hired as the teams Director of Player Development after three seasons as the teams Asso...
Aug 20, 2019 Courtesy of the Prince George Cougars
Canoeist wonders whether she took contaminated supplement that led to positive test
MONTREAL - Top Canadian Olympic medal contender Laurence Vincent Lapointe says she has no idea how Ligandrol got into her system and caused a positive drug test. In a news conference today, the canoei...
Aug 20, 2019
Military investigating Winnipeg reservist for participating in hate group
WINNIPEG - The Canadian Armed Forces says it is investigating a reserve member in Winnipeg for allegedly participating in a hate group. A statement says Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews, who joine...
Aug 20, 2019
Grassy Narrows chief, NDP candidate urges Ottawa to talk turkey on mercury
OTTAWA - The chief of Grassy Narrows First Nation, an NDP candidate in this fall's federal election, wants to sit down with Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan to hammer out an agreement on a ...
Aug 20, 2019