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MLB, players agree to expand playoffs to 16 teams
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball and the players' union agreed Thursday to expand the playoffs from 10 teams to 16 for the pandemic-delayed season, a decision that makes it likely teams with losing re...
Jul 23, 2020
Privy Council Office launches review of complaints about Governor General
OTTAWA - The Privy Council Office says it is launching an independent review of allegations that Gov. Gen. Julie Payette mistreated past and current employees at Rideau Hall. The CBC reported Tuesday ...
Jul 23, 2020
Tabor Lake Clean Up Society holding 2nd annual golf fundraiser at the end of August
Despite everything going on with Covid-19, golf tournaments and fundraisers are still happening in the City of Prince George.At the end of August, the Tabor Lake Clean Up Society will be putting on th...
Jul 23, 2020
Kenny Got Work on the money as Raptors Uprising GC advances at The Turn
Kenneth (Kenny Got Work) Hailey scored 86 points in two games Thursday as unbeaten Raptors Uprising GC defeated the Gen.G Tigers at The Turn, a US$260,000 NBA 2K League esports tourname...
Jul 23, 2020
Sports groups respond to indefinite closure of arenas
PRINCE GEORGE - Just one or two arenas is all they need, and that's all they're asking for, too.In a letter to Mayor Lyn Hall and City Council, a group of local sports groups that make use of the city...
Jul 23, 2020
D.C. United's Felipe suspended one game for studs-up tackle on Impact's Wanyama
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - D.C. United midfielder Felipe Martins has been suspended for one match and fined an undisclosed amount for serious foul play against Montreal Impact midfielder Victor Wan...
Jul 23, 2020
Glysophate research gets a boost
PRINCE GEORGE - A UNBC research who has done extensive research in the field of forestry in the past is tackling a hot-button issue in this region: The use of a herbicide called glysophate, which is u...
Jul 23, 2020
CoastalGasLink camp setting up near Vanderhoof
Vanderhoof - What used to be a treed area adjacent to the Vanderhoof Airport is now a full-blow worker camp, or what Coastal GasLink likes to call a"lodge." "We have four pipeline contractors on Coast...
Jul 23, 2020
Raptors execs Ujiri, Webster in it for long haul, living bubble life with team
Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri has hosted a couple of virtual tours from the NBA bubble at Walt Disney World. He first took viewers on a walk through the Raptors' hotel floor that was plas...
Jul 23, 2020
Students to benefit from more health-care education opportunities in northern B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE-Students in northern B.C. will have more opportunities to train for careers in health care with new funding from the Province.The College of New Caledonia received $180,000 for a health-...
Jul 23, 2020