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Kings ready for home and home with Centennials
The Prince George Spruce Kings will play their 2nd and 3rd pre-season game of the extended pre-season this weekend against the Merritt Centennials.The two clubs met for the first time two weeks ago at...
Oct 23, 2020
Saskatchewan election: Leaders criticize track records in final stretch of campaign
Saskatchewan's two main political leaders criticized each other's track records Friday as they urged people to vote in the home stretch of the provincial campaign. Election day in Saskatchewan is on M...
Oct 23, 2020
Calgary Flames sign Russian defenceman Nikita Nesterov to one-year contract
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames and Russian defenceman Nikita Nesterov have agreed to a one-year contract. The deal is worth US$700,000, the NHL club said Friday in a statement. The 27-year-old from Chel...
Oct 23, 2020
Northern B.C. sees record home sales in third quarter
PRINCE GEORGE-Northern B.C. residential sales reached near all-time records in the third quarter of the year, however, there are growing concerns about market sustainability if the pandemic persists.A...
Oct 23, 2020
CNC readies for international students after feds tweak border rules
PRINCE GEORGE - Normally for the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, the campus is filled with students from all over the world, the biggest source being India.Now that can begin to happen agai...
Oct 23, 2020
Hitler speeches sell at Munich auction despite objections
BERLIN - Handwritten speech notes by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler sold at auction in Munich on Friday despite concerns from Jewish groups they could encourage neo-Nazis. The Hermann Historica auction ho...
Oct 23, 2020
AP Explains: Why are UK and EU still arguing over Brexit?
LONDON - It's more than four years since Britain voted to leave the European Union, and almost a year since Prime Minister Boris Johnson won an election by vowing to "get Brexit done." Spoiler alert: ...
Oct 23, 2020
Some hospitals in crisis as US nears high for COVID-19 cases
BOISE, Idaho - The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign about the disease's grip on the nation, as states from Connecticut to ...
Oct 23, 2020
US wades in cautiously to Armenia-Azerbaijan peace effort
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration waded cautiously Friday into international efforts to halt fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which are engaged in their worst conflict in more than 25 year...
Oct 23, 2020
Poles vent fury at court's further restrictions on abortions
WARSAW, Poland - Throngs of protesters vented anger Friday across Poland over a top court ruling that declared abortions of fetuses with congenital defects unconstitutional, effectively narrowing one ...
Oct 23, 2020