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Cougars gain alumni Carter Rigby as assistant coach
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars have gained alumni Carter Rigby as an assistant coach just in time for the start of the 2022-23 Western Hockey League (WHL) season.Rigby comes from Osoyoos, w...
Sep 10, 2022

Final list of SD57 school trustee candidates announced
PRINCE GEORGE - The list is final for candidates vying for seats for School Division (SD) 57 as a school trustee.13 people are looking to join SD57 as a trustee for electoral area 1. There is one cand...
Sep 10, 2022

Tributes to the Queen flood in from around the world as Charles III proclaimed king
LONDON - People from all over the world gathered outside London's Buckingham Palace today to mark the end of one era and the start of another as Charles III was proclaimed king. At a segment of Green ...
Sep 10, 2022

Prince George sees six running for mayor, 20 city council candidates as deadline hits
PRINCE GEORGE - All names are final for the upcoming 2022 General Local Election.In Prince George, there is a total of six people running for mayor, and 20 candidates are vying for a seat as a city co...
Sep 10, 2022

Canadian men start hot then hang on to beat Wales at Rugby World Cup Sevens
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - After falling to Uruguay earlier in the day, the Canadian men survived a 19-point Welsh comeback in the second half to win 33-19 in consolation play at the Rugby World Cup Se...
Sep 10, 2022

Quebec election: François Legault promises to balance Quebec budget in five years
SAINT-JRME, Que. - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is promising to balance Quebec's budget in five years if his party is re-elected on Oct. 3. Legault told reporters in Saint-Jrme, Que.,...
Sep 10, 2022

Evenepoel set to win Spanish Vuelta after protecting lead
PUERTO DE NAVACERRADA, Spain - (AP) - Remco Evenepoel all but clinched his first Grand Tour title on Saturday after the 22-year-old Belgian protected his lead in the Spanish Vuelta on the three-week r...
Sep 10, 2022

Russia announces troop pullback from Ukraine's Kharkiv area
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's Defense Ministry said Saturday that it is pulling back forces from two areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counter offensive has made significant advances...
Sep 10, 2022

Quebec election: Two new parties trying to spoil Liberals' chances with anglophones
MONTREAL - As Quebec's major political parties duke it out ahead of the Oct. 3 election, a pair of newcomers are trying to capitalize on issues like language and minority rights to steal votes in heav...
Sep 10, 2022

The Conservative leadership contest ends tonight and it's Pierre Poilievre's to lose
OTTAWA - It's finally here. The Conservative Party of Canada will announce its next leader in Ottawa tonight, after candidates and supporters spent the past seven months on its third leadership contes...
Sep 10, 2022