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Blue Jays' Whit Merrifield makes post-season debut after seven MLB seasons
TORONTO - Whit Merrifield has waited the better part of a decade to make his first appearance in a Major League Baseball playoff game. Even before the opening pitch of the Toronto Blue Jays' 4-0 loss ...
Oct 07, 2022

Local Food Bank Resorts to Buying Own Groceries to Keep Up With Demand
Prince George - With sky high inflation pinching the pennies of British Columbians, you may have found yourself facing some tough choices at the grocery stores lately, and those same tough choices are...
Oct 07, 2022

Appeals court reinstates injunction blocking abortion ban
PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Court of Appeals on Friday blocked a trial court's decision that allowed immediate enforcement of a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions. The ruling mean...
Oct 07, 2022

Toronto fans gather to cheer on the Blue Jays in wild-card opener
TORONTO - Jersey-clad fans of all ages descended on downtown Toronto Friday afternoon to cheer on the Blue Jays in the opening game of the wild-card American League series. Jesse Woolford, one of the ...
Oct 07, 2022

Toronto fans gather to cheer on the Blue Jays in wild-card opener
TORONTO - Jersey-clad fans of all ages descended on downtown Toronto Friday afternoon to cheer on the Blue Jays in the opening game of the wild-card American League series. Jesse Woolford, one of the ...
Oct 07, 2022

Haiti's leader requests foreign armed forces to quell chaos
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's government has agreed to request the help of international troops as gangs and protesters paralyze the country and supplies of water, fuel and basic goods dwindle,...
Oct 07, 2022

PG jobless numbers still low
PRINCE GEORGE - The job numbers are out for September and they show that the unemployment rate at 4.3 percent, down from 5.1 percent in August. But the numbers, while they are good on paper, should be...
Oct 07, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Blue Jays fall to Mariners in American League wild-card series opener
TORONTO - Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer and Luis Castillo threw 7 1/3 shutout innings as the Seattle Marinersblankedthe Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 in Game 1 of their American League wild-card series on F...
Oct 07, 2022

Flair Air promotes Tucson flight
PRINCE GEORGE - Beginning on December 2nd, folks from Prince George can hop on a Flair Airlines 737 and head straight to Tucson, Arizona. And brass from the airline was in Prince George, reminding peo...
Oct 07, 2022

NYC hospitals to pay $165M to women abused by gynecologist
NEW YORK (AP) - Two New York hospitals have agreed to pay more than $165 million to 147 former patients who have accused a former gynecologist of sexual abuse and misconduct. Columbia University Irvin...
Oct 07, 2022