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Lawyer from the Lower Mainland suggests wildfire smoke could drive people out of cities affected by smoke
PRINCE GEORGE - Escaping the wildfire smoke in B.C. is next to impossible, and after a long summer filled with poor air quality, it does bring up the point of what the residents will find a new city w...
Aug 30, 2023

Active Star expanding beyond Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE- The topic of daycare will likely create headlines in the coming weeks and months. Engage Sport North is here to help.Active Star will return this year for the third year. The program in...
Aug 30, 2023

Regional District of Fraser-Fort George to begin search for new CAO
PRINCE GEORGE - The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George will be accepting resumes for the position of chief administrative officer (CAO) soon. This as current CAO Jim Martin has announced he'll be...
Aug 30, 2023

Canada's Leylah Fernandez and American partner Taylor Townsend advance at U.S. Open
NEW YORK - Canada's Leylah Fernandez and her American partner Taylor Townsend have advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open's women's doubles tournament. Fernandez and Townsend beat Olivia Center...
Aug 30, 2023

Fees and charges on the rise
PRINCE GEORGE - Only two things are sure in life. Death and taxes. And Council has approved increasing fees for just about everything we do, from laying our loved ones to rest or playing rec hockey. I...
Aug 30, 2023

Djokovic and Swiatek roll, Tsitsipas falls in hot, sticky US Open second round
NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek rolled to straight-set victories to move into the third round at the U.S. Open on Wednesday, fighting not only their opponents but sticky, 85-degree Fahr...
Aug 30, 2023

B.C. judge to review police handling of Surrey constable caught drunk driving
VICTORIA - The Office of British Columbia's Police Complaint Commissioner has ordered a review of the case of a Surrey Police Service officer it says asked to be let off when he was caught driving whi...
Aug 30, 2023

Papineau closing in on Korn Ferry Tour card with ongoing success on PGA Tour Canada
Etienne Papineau is in the home stretch. There are two events left on the PGA Tour Canada schedule and Papineau sits third in the Fortinet Cup standings, the top-ranked Canadian on the third-tier tour...
Aug 30, 2023

Toronto Blue Jays blank Washington Nationals 7-0 in rubber game of three-game series
TORONTO - Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt threw eight shutout innings and Alejandro Kirk drove in three runs to help the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday. ...
Aug 30, 2023

Sports integrity commissioner says safe sport gaps exposed in first year of office
Sarah-Eve Pelletier's first year as Canada's sport integrity commissioner showed her that her reach doesn't extend far enough. Federally funded sports bodies are among the 86 organizations now under t...
Aug 30, 2023