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TVO, NBA unveil collaboration to create educational resources for Ontario students
TORONTO - Jeffrey Orridge is combining his two lifelong passions. The TVO Media Education Group (TVO) and NBA announced Wednesday a multi-year collaboration to create and share educational resources f...
Nov 02, 2022

New wastewater plant for B.C.'s shishalh Nation brings environmental, economic gains
SECHELT, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with Canada Infrastructure Bank to finance a badly needed wastewater treatment facility. A statement from the...
Nov 02, 2022

Trio arrested following discovery of drugs, cash, guns
PRINCE GEORGE - Three people were arrested early Monday morning after police pulled over a speeding vehicle on the Hart.RCMP pulled the car over just before 3 a.m. at a gas station on Highway 97 near ...
Nov 02, 2022

Auger-Aliassime increases winning streak to 14 matches with close win over Ymer
PARIS - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime kept his winning streak alive with a razor-thin 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (6) win over Sweden's Mikael Ymer in second-round action Wednesday at the Paris Masters tenni...
Nov 02, 2022

Legault says Quebec can't take in more immigrants, after feds set 500K target by 2025
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is maintaining that the province cannot accept more than 50,000 immigrants a year despite Ottawa's plans to significantly raise the country's immigration leve...
Nov 02, 2022

Herdman summons largely MLS roster to camp in Bahrain ahead of World Cup
Canada coach John Herdman has summoned his MLS troops for a camp and international friendly in Bahrain before assembling his full squad ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. Herdman has called in 20 MLS pl...
Nov 02, 2022

Shed fire on Victoria Street and Porter Avenue
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Fire Rescue doused a shed fire this morning. It broke out just before 8 a.m. at a property on Victoria Street and Porter Avenue. The shed did not spread to the home.The f...
Nov 02, 2022

'Freedom Convoy' flew unvaccinated lawyers to protest on private flight
OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizers charted a private flight to Ottawa to bring in unvaccinated lawyers to give them advice during the protest that gridlocked streets near Parliament Hill last winter...
Nov 02, 2022

Vancouver home sales down 46% from last year, 13% from September: board
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales continued to plunge in October, falling 45.5 per cent from the year before and 12.8 per cent from September. Last month sales tot...
Nov 02, 2022

With gambling in NHL sphere, players weigh in on future of 'vague' injury disclosures
Leon Draisaitl was hurting - big time. And it was clear for everyone to see. The Edmonton Oilers centre dealt with an obvious ankle injury throughout the majority of last spring's NHL playoffs. But as...
Nov 02, 2022