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Timberwolves score one goal, can't muster win against TWU over the weekend
PRINCE GEORGE - The UNBC Timberwolves and Trinity Western Spartans traded chances for 90 minutes before each side had to settle for a hard-fought 0-0 draw, Friday, August 26th, 2022 at Masich Place St...
Aug 29, 2022

New Jersey man sentenced for Tom Brady Super Bowl ring fraud
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady's family was sentenced Mon...
Aug 29, 2022

New Jersey man sentenced for Tom Brady Super Bowl ring fraud
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady's family was sentenced Mon...
Aug 29, 2022

Canada formally initiates challenge of 'unfair' U.S. duties on softwood lumber
OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is formally initiating a challenge of "unwarranted and unfair" U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber. The Canadian government filed notice o...
Aug 29, 2022

SD57 to receive $1.4M for back-to-school needs
PRINCE GEORGE - New provincial funding aims to make back-to-school more affordable for families that need it the most. Through the Student and Family Affordability Fund, $60 million dollars will help ...
Aug 29, 2022

Canada's Jessie Eldridge earns her world hockey championship chance
HERNING, Denmark - Jessie Eldridge's journey to wearing the Maple Leaf at her first women's world hockey championship took a few twists and turns. The detours the COVID-19 pandemic imposed on her spor...
Aug 29, 2022

Police: Heroic Safeway employee confronted gunman in store
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An employee who was killed in a shooting at a Safeway supermarket in Bend, Oregon, attacked the gunman in the produce section and tried to disarm him, likely preventing more deat...
Aug 29, 2022

B.C. sets up $60-million back-to-school affordability fund for families
BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbia is looking to ease the burden of back-to-school costs with a one-time $60-million fund that expands meal programs and helps families pay for supplies and field trips. ...
Aug 29, 2022

Use of facial recognition as security tool on Parliament Hill would pose risks: study
OTTAWA - The use of facial recognition technology as a security tool on Parliament Hill would pose substantial legal, privacy and human rights risks - and might even be unlawful, says a study prepared...
Aug 29, 2022

'Still a good day for Canada' despite delay of Artemis moon rocket launch: minister
OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says today was "still a good day for Canada" even though the test launch of NASA's new moon rocket was postponed this morning. Champagne, who is...
Aug 29, 2022