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B.C. agrees to delay ending immigration detention in correctional centres
VICTORIA - British Columbia has agreed to give Canada's border agency more time to come up with an alternative to holding immigration detainees in the province's correctional centres, almost a year af...
Jun 27, 2023
Young Devils add veteran Toffoli in draft-eve deal with Flames
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The up-and-coming New Jersey Devils have acquired veteran forward Tyler Toffoli from the Calgary Flames for forward Yegor Sharangovich and a draft pick they recently acquired in a ...
Jun 27, 2023
B.C. agrees to delay ending immigration detention in correctional centres
VICTORIA - British Columbia has agreed to give Canada's border agency more time to come up with an alternative to holding immigration detainees in the province's correctional centres, almost a year af...
Jun 27, 2023
Cougars find out opponents for 2023-24 WHL Season
..PRINCE GEORGE - Cougars hockey is back, well not quite... the season is still 3 months away but the Western Hockey League has released the official 2023-24 schedule. For the Cougars it starts at the...
Jun 27, 2023
Struggling Jays starter Alek Manoah allows 11 runs in first minor league game
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Toronto Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah was hit hard in his first game after returning to the minors, allowing 11 runs over 2 2/3 innings in a rookie-level Florida Complex League game...
Jun 27, 2023
Jordi Fernandez replaces Nick Nurse as Canadian men's basketball head coach
TORONTO - Canada Basketball says Sacramento Kings assistant coach Jordi Fernandez will replace Nick Nurse as the head coach of the Canadian men's basketball team. Canada Basketball says an official an...
Jun 27, 2023
Evacuation alert issued for area 70km north of Fort St. James
PRINCE GEORGE - The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako has issued an evacuation alert.The alert covers the sparsely populated Nation Lakes Road area 70 kilometres north of Fort St James. The alert h...
Jun 27, 2023
This Fall, Grades K to 9 won’t see letter grades
PRINCE GEORGE - BC's Ministry of Education is moving ahead with plans to do away with letter grades from Kindergarten to Grade 9 starting in the fall. Locally the Teachers' Association and District Pa...
Jun 27, 2023
Deputies accused of abusing Black men are fired by Mississippi sheriff amid federal probe
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Deputies accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men before shooting one of them in the mouth, prompting a federal civil rights investigation, have been fired, a Mis...
Jun 27, 2023
Bachrach calling on feds to extend repayment period for CEBA loans
PRINCE GEORGE - The MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley is calling on the federal government to assist small businesses.Bachrach wants the federal government to extend the repayment period for the Canada Eme...
Jun 27, 2023