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Canucks trade defenceman Carson Soucy to Rangers for third-round pick in 2025 draft
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have dealt defenceman Carson Soucy to the New York Rangers ahead of the NHL trade deadline. The Canucks got a 2025 third-round draft pick in return. Vancouver announc...
Mar 06, 2025

Planned power outage to affect over 9,500 BC Hydro customers
PRINCE GEORGE - A planned power outage will take place from 4 a.m. to 4: 30 a.m. Friday morning (March 7) in Prince George. Over 9,500 BC Hydro customers will be affected. BC Hydro attributes the outa...
Mar 06, 2025

Ghana's independence day celebrated with City hall flag raising
PRINCE GEORGE - To celebrate Ghana's 68th independence day, the City of Prince George and the Ghanaian Society of Prince George held a flag raising ceremony at City Hall."This is very big because this...
Mar 06, 2025

Wisconsin judge refuses to block Slender Man attacker's release from psychiatric hospital
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin judge on Thursday refused to block a psychiatric hospital from releasing a woman who stabbed her sixth-grade classmate to please a horror character called Slender Man...
Mar 06, 2025

BC Opposition proposes interprovincial free trade
PRINCE GEORGE - With all the talk of tariffs, the issue of economic diversification has been front and centre. And that's the focus of a new endeavour by the BC Conservatives: the Free Trade and Mobil...
Mar 06, 2025

Judge orders Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in USAID and State Dept. debts
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday gave the Trump administration until Monday to pay nearly $2 billion in debts to partners of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State De...
Mar 06, 2025

Defending women's champion Clarke in third halfway through skeleton worlds
LAKE PLACID - Defending women's champion Hallie Clarke of Brighton, Ont., is in third place after Thursday's opening two runs at the skeleton world championships. Clarke posted a two-run time of 1:51....
Mar 06, 2025

Ontario court approves historic $32.5B tobacco settlement
An Ontario court has approved a historic $32.5 billion settlement that will see three major tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories and ex-smokers in Canada. In a ruling released today, On...
Mar 06, 2025

CP NewsAlert: B.C. to get about $3.5 billion in tobacco lawsuit settlement
VICTORIA - British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma says B.C.'s share of a landmark settlement for health damages from the big tobacco firms will be about $3.5 billion. It's part of a $32.5-billi...
Mar 06, 2025

Bo Bichette bags three singles in three innings, Blue Jays beat Red Sox 7-4
DUNEDIN - Bo Bichette had three hits and drove in a run as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 in spring training action Thursday. Bichette led off the bottom of the first inning with a ...
Mar 06, 2025