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Travellers continue to head back to the skies through YXS
PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Airport Authority has reported that 417,848 passengers travelled through the Prince George Airport in 2023. This represents 15% more passengers than in 2022."We experie...
Jan 25, 2024
Scotiabank Arena to host PWHL's 'Battle on Bay Street' between Toronto and Montreal
TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League is heading to Scotiabank Arena. The united North American circuit announced Thursday its Feb. 16 game between Toronto and Montreal will be played at th...
Jan 25, 2024
Study suggests oilsands pollutant release vastly higher than official estimates
Alberta's oilsands are releasing potentially hazardous compounds into the atmosphere at rates dozens of times higher than official estimates, newly published research suggests. The authors say the mas...
Jan 25, 2024
Manager in fatal B.C. rooming house fire calls for better fire safety training
BURNABY, B.C. - The manager of a Vancouver rooming house that was the site of a fatal fire in 2022 broke down in tears at an inquest, telling the jury that staff needed better training in fire safety....
Jan 25, 2024
Manager in fatal B.C. rooming house fire calls for better fire safety training
BURNABY, B.C. - The manager of a Vancouver rooming house that was the site of a fatal fire in 2022 broke down in tears at an inquest, telling the jury that staff needed better training in fire safety....
Jan 25, 2024
Turkey formally ratifies Sweden's NATO membership, leaving Hungary as only ally yet to endorse it
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey published a measure approving Sweden's membership in NATO in an official gazette on Thursday, finalizing the ratification that brings the previously nonaligned country a s...
Jan 25, 2024
Moccasin Flats tiny home catches fire
PRINCE GEORGE-On Thursday morning, at 4:51 a.m, Prince George Fire Rescue responded to a fire in the area known as Moccasin Flats.Upon arrival crews from two halls found one of the donated tiny homes ...
Jan 25, 2024
Ryder Green commits to Spruce Kings
PRINCE GEORGE-Cariboo Cougars goaltender Ryder Green('07) has a new home with the Prince George Spruce Kings for the 2024/25 season.The Prince George native has had a stellar season with the Cougars U...
Jan 25, 2024
Senators general manager Steve Staios reflects on disappointing first half
OTTAWA - When Steve Staios joined the Ottawa Senators as president of hockey operations in September, he didn't expect his team would be sitting near the bottom of the Eastern Conference at the halfwa...
Jan 25, 2024
Donald Trump testifies in his defense in E. Jean Carroll defamation suit
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump began testifying Thursday in a New York defamation trial to determine how much he might owe the advice columnist E. Jean Carroll for disparaging her as a liar after she pu...
Jan 25, 2024