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Typhoon causes a 3rd game to be cancelled at Rugby World Cup
TOKYO - Rugby World Cup organizers have cancelled a third game because of Typhoon Hagibis, deciding early Sunday morning to call off the last of the Pool B games between Canada and Namibia. World Rugb...
Oct 12, 2019
McDavid, Draisaitl help unbeaten Oilers defeat Rangers 4-1
NEW YORK - Connor McDavid scored the tiebreaking goal and Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist, all in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Rangers 4-1 Saturday for their ...
Oct 12, 2019
Mourners gather for slain teenager's funeral in Hamilton today
HAMILTON - Dozens of mourners drove muscle cars and motorcycles to the funeral of a 14-year-old stabbing victim in honour of the boy's love of classic automobiles. Many wore pink to tribute ...
Oct 12, 2019
'No human is limited': Kipchoge runs sub-2 hour marathon
VIENNA - Roger Bannister, 1954. Neil Armstrong, 1969. Eliud Kipchoge, 2019? Like the sub-four minute mile and walking on the moon, running a marathon in less than two hours had seemed impossible - unt...
Oct 12, 2019
Emergency landing safely executed at Prince George Airport
Saturday morning a WestJet flight departing from Prince George was forced to return to YXS.At approximately 10:53 a.m., the Prince George Airport received notice that an outbound WestJet aircraft had ...
Oct 12, 2019
UNBC women's basketball team drops close pre-season tilt with McGill
Basketball season is just around the corner for the UNBC Timberwolves and both the men's and women's teams are out on the road this weekend for pre-season contests.The women's team took to the court F...
Oct 12, 2019 (photo credit to Derek Drummond / McGill Athletics)
Montreal demonstrators protest Turkish military invasion in northern Syria
MONTREAL - Demonstrators gathered in Montreal Saturday to protest Turkey's incursion into northeast Syria, warning of humanitarian disaster and U.S. strategic folly. Members of the Kurdish-C...
Oct 12, 2019
California governor signs fur sale, circus animal bans
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will be the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances under a pair of bills signed Satu...
Oct 12, 2019
'Corporate welfare' a Conservative target in first 100 days, Scheer says
BURNABY, B.C. - Andrew Scheer started to lay out on Saturday what he would do in the first 100 days of a Conservative government to end what he calls "frivolous spending." The Conservat...
Oct 12, 2019
2019 Citizens of Year recognized Friday
It was a special evening for three Prince George residents on Friday.In front of friends, family, and the other members of the community Albert Koehler, Chuck Chin, and Noreen Rustad were honoured as ...
Oct 12, 2019