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Banged-up Alouettes looking to 'take care of business' against Redblacks
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes want to turn Percival Molson Stadium into a fortress, starting on Thanksgiving Monday. The Alouettes (3-4) will play five of their next seven games in Montreal. But a...
Oct 10, 2021

Spruce Kings fall in West Kelowna 5-3, return to Prince George 1-1
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings will have to settle for a split weekend to open the 2021-22 British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) season.After an 8-1 blow out win in Merritt, the Spruce...
Oct 10, 2021

PG Fire Rescue battles large fire on Brunswick Street
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Fire Rescue is currently battling a large structure fire on Brunswick Street downtown.Fire officials responded to the blaze at around 6 a.m. this morning and are still on...
Oct 10, 2021

Veteran tackle Chris Van Zeyl returns to Ticats in time to face Chris Jones' defence
Chris Van Zeyl returns to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats just in time to deal with the challenge that is a Chris Jones defence. Van Zeyl (thumb) comes off the six-game injured list to make just his second st...
Oct 10, 2021

Neymar says World Cup in Qatar may be his last
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil star Neymar says next year's World Cup in Qatar could be the last of his career. The comments by the 29-year-old striker were made in the documentary "Neymar & The Line Of ...
Oct 10, 2021

Federal officials rethink wording of markers at gravesites of past prime ministers
OTTAWA - It was in late January that vandals so badly scratched out the face of Mackenzie King on an awareness panel by the former prime minister's final resting place in Toronto that a federal agency...
Oct 10, 2021

Cougars still searching for first win, fall to Blazers 8-3
The Prince George Cougars must wait at least a few more days before securing their first win of the 2021-22 Western Hockey League (WHL) season.Wrapping up a two-game road trip, the Cougars fell to the...
Oct 10, 2021

Taiwan wants 'status quo', not China's path, president says
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president on Sunday called for the maintenance of the political status quo in a forthright speech which acknowledged rising pressure from China Tsai Ing-wen also firmly ...
Oct 09, 2021

Tensions persist between legacy of Columbus, native people
Monday's federal holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus is highlighting the ongoing divide between those who view the explorer as a representative of Italian American history and others horrified b...
Oct 09, 2021

UrĂas hits, pitches Dodgers past Giants to even NLDS series
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Julio Uras shut down San Francisco and contributed an RBI single for his cause, Cody Bellinger and AJ Pollock delivered two-run doubles to blow it open in the sixth, and the Los A...
Oct 09, 2021