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Parched conditions push B.C.'s wildfire battle south, as rain brings relief in north
VICTORIA - British Columbia's wildfire fight is set to move toward the province's more populated southern areas amid hot and windy weather, while cooler temperatures and rain are expected to bring som...
Jul 20, 2023

Fleetwood among British Open leaders. McIlroy among the survivors.
HOYLAKE, England (AP) - The British Open showed again Thursday that even after 163 years, golf's oldest championship can still deliver a few surprises. It started with Christo Lamprecht, the South Afr...
Jul 20, 2023

Club Leon match in Leagues Cup seen as chance to compare Vancouver to benchmark
VANCOUVER - Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini previously declared Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC the best team in this year's CONCACAF Champions League. But it fell at the final hurdle to Va...
Jul 20, 2023

Ride for Change comes through town
PRINCE GEORGE - "About 20 years ago, I was 300 pounds. I was a smoker, a drinker. I was living a very unhealthy life. And I was told you better change or you're going to potentially pass away. And I d...
Jul 20, 2023

Australian firefighters land in PG
PRINCE GEORGE - As of today, there 383 active wildfires in BC. BC frequently calls on the help of other nations to lend a hand and, locally, the Australians are here to help. "So all up since the requ...
Jul 20, 2023

Serious crimes unit takes over case of two missing B.C. children named in Amber Alert
SURREY, B.C. - Police have released more information about the woman alleged to have abducted her two children, who are the subject of an Amber Alert. RCMP say Verity Bolton was spotted by closed-circ...
Jul 20, 2023

Fleetwood among British Open leaders. McIlroy among the survivors.
HOYLAKE, England (AP) - The British Open showed again Thursday that even after 163 years, golf's oldest championship can still deliver a few surprises. It started with Christo Lamprecht, the South Afr...
Jul 20, 2023

Equestrian Ben Asselin handed 14-month sanction for doping violation
OTTAWA - Equestrian Ben Asselin was handed a 14-month ban by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport on Thursday for an anti-doping rule violation. The Calgary native was found to have the presence of...
Jul 20, 2023

Who knew what when? A timeline of the Bernardo case and controversial prison transfer
OTTAWA - The Correctional Service of Canada announced Thursday that a review found Paul Bernardo's transfer to a medium-security prison from a maximum-security penitentiary was sound and followed prop...
Jul 20, 2023

A woman who investigators say burned a Wyoming abortion clinic pleads guilty to arson
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - An abortion opponent who told investigators that anxiety and nightmares about plans for Wyoming's first full-service abortion clinic in years led her to break into and burn the f...
Jul 20, 2023