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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah named to all-MLB first team
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah has been named to the all-MLB first team on Monday. Manoah posted a 16-7 record while boasting a 2.24 earned run average, good for fourth in the major league...
Dec 05, 2022

Vancouver, Calgary first teams announced in new women’s pro soccer league
VANCOUVER - A new professional women's soccer league is coming to Canada. The Vancouver Whitecaps announced Monday that it will be home to one of two founding teams when the eight-team league begins i...
Dec 05, 2022

Prince George Man stalked by Coyote while unloading groceries from cab
PRINCE GEORGE - In the Northern Capital, seeing the scattered fox, bear, or deer, bounding down the neighbourhood streets is pretty much a daily thing, and in a town where wild spaces and human habita...
Dec 05, 2022

Canfor announces temporary curtailments
VANCOUVER - Forestry giant Canfor has announced a temporary reduction in Canadian production due to very weak market conditions. In a news release, the company says the production will be reduced thro...
Dec 05, 2022
Operation Popcorn giving back to hospital staff
PRINCE GEORGE- Volunteers from BC Transplant were at the University Hospital of Northern BC today, giving back to the staff of the operating room with Operation Popcorn."It's a way of thanking the sta...
Dec 05, 2022

F & A looks at 3.5 percent to 4 percent
PRINCE GEORGE - Looking at maintaining City services will cost taxpayers a 7.22 percent tax hike. That involves, but not exclusively, a hike to the snow removal budget of $400,000. With something as s...
Dec 05, 2022

Loblaw exec pushes back on claim that grocery giant is profiteering from inflation
OTTAWA - A Loblaw executive is disputing an accusation that the grocery giant is taking advantage of inflation to drive up its own profits. The company's senior vice president of retail finance, Jodat...
Dec 05, 2022

B.C. to start public push to get more kids vaccinated against flu as cases climb
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government will be using its provincial health registry to contact parents in an attempt to increase flu vaccine rates for children. While the province is on track for...
Dec 05, 2022

Five arrested following gun and drugs seizures
PRINCE GEORGE - Five people were recently arrested by Prince George RCMP following two traffic stops.Police say the first vehicle was pulled over shortly after 6:20 p.m. on November 29 on the 1100-blo...
Dec 05, 2022

Hockey Canada releases list of invitees for upcoming world junior selection camp
CALGARY - Connor Bedard will highlight a group of 10 players hoping to win their second junior hockey championship title in six months when Hockey Canada kicks off its selection camp for the 2023 team...
Dec 05, 2022