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AP source: Grizzlies have no plans to bring back Canadian Dillon Brooks
The Memphis Grizzlies have no plans to bring Dillon Brooks back to the team when he hits free agency this summer, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. Brooks, from Mississauga, Ont.,...
May 02, 2023
UBC expands occupational therapy to UNBC
PRINCE GEORGE - In partnership with UNBC, UBC will graduate 16 students with a Master's in Occupational therapy in Fall 2024. Occupational therapists are in short supply around the province. In 2024, ...
May 02, 2023
Game 2 of second-round series between Golden Knights and Oilers pushed back a day
NEW YORK - The NHL has rescheduled Game 2 of the second-round playoff series between the Oilers and Golden Knights, a move that would affect fans that had already made arrangements to travel from Edmo...
May 02, 2023
Passport office now set to launch on May 17
PRINCE GEORGE - After being postponed due to the federal public workers strike, the Prince George passport office now has a new date for opening.In a statement to CKPG News, Employment and Social Deve...
May 02, 2023
House unanimously supports system to alert public when Indigenous women go missing
OTTAWA - The House of Commons has unanimously backed a motion to declare the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls a Canada-wide emergency - and to fund a new system that would alert...
May 02, 2023
Securities Commission alleges fraud committed by B.C. crypto firm
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Securities Commission says a now-defunct cryptocurrency platform based in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island committed a multimillion-dollar securities fraud involving various digital cu...
May 02, 2023
Vancouver city council plans pilot project to test car-free Gastown for pedestrians
Vancouver city council plans to make the historic Gastown neighbourhood more pedestrian-friendly by eliminating car traffic on its main thoroughfare. Councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung says she will introduc...
May 02, 2023
Myles Gray's mother says conclusion of B.C. coroner's inquest marks end of chapter
Margie Gray says the end of a coroner's inquest into the death of her son has shown the public what she has known all along; that Vancouver police officers beat her son to death when he was vulnerable...
May 02, 2023
Nomination period for SD57 by-election opens today
PRINCE GEORGE - The nomination period for next month's School District 57 by-election has opened.Two seats on the board of trustees are vacant after former trustees Betty Bekkering and Gillian Burnett...
May 02, 2023
Navy commander pulled from job in connection with SEAL death
WASHINGTON (AP) - The commander of the Naval Special Warfare Center who was reprimanded in connection with the death last year of a Navy SEAL candidate has been pulled out of his job about two months ...
May 02, 2023