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MLB players reject delay, vow to start season on time
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball players rejected a proposal to delay the start of spring training and the season due to the coronavirus pandemic, vowing Monday night to report under the original sche...
Feb 01, 2021

"It's my duty": Laing looks to continue advocacy for equality
PRINCE GEORGE - A video released last June by UNBC featured Timberwolves basketball star guard Tyrell Laing, sharing his thoughts and personal experiences about Black Lives Matter. A reality the fifth...
Feb 01, 2021

British Columbia has 18 cases of U.K., South African COVID-19 variants
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has 18 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 variants that originated in South Africa and the United Kingdom, with seven of those emerging over the weekend. Provincial health of...
Feb 01, 2021

Canadian Bianca Andreescu withdraws from Australian Open tune-up tournament
Canadian Bianca Andreescu will skip this week's Grampians Trophy and instead return to action at the Australian Open. Andreescu was scheduled to return to the court for the first time in 15 months at ...
Feb 01, 2021

Tripping hazard: Protest penguins destroyed at Alberta legislature grounds
EDMONTON - A colony of 800 snow penguins was set up on the grounds of the Alberta legislature to send a strong message. But before student union representatives from Edmonton's two universities could ...
Feb 01, 2021

Shas Ti Kelly Road Secondary has third COVID-19 exposure
PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health has listed a COVID-19 exposure for Shas Ti Kelly Road Secondary School for the third time this year.Students and staff may have come into contact with someone who recen...
Feb 01, 2021

More cases of COVID-19 variants detected in BC, NH adds 98 cases
PRINCE GEORGE - BC Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry along with BC Health Minister Adrian Dix announced the latest on the COVID-19 front in BC since Friday.Health officials are reporting that...
Feb 01, 2021

COVID Friendly Sports Camp Returns
.PRINCE GEORGE - It has been almost a year since participating in amateur sports came to a grinding stop. Recently, the folks at the Overhang, Northern Ice Sports, and PG Golf and Curling got their th...
Feb 01, 2021

Global pandemic creating no shortage of challenges for CFL teams entering free agency
The harsh reality of CFL economics helped John Hufnagel pull the trigger. On Saturday, the Calgary Stampeders president/GM dealt receiver Eric Rogers, defensive end Cordarro Law and defensive back Rob...
Feb 01, 2021

Trudeau, U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris talk COVID-19, Buy American and Montreal
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke by phone today with U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, her first call with a foreign leader since taking office. The Prime Minister's Office says the t...
Feb 01, 2021