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Springer homers twice, Blue Jays win 8-5 to sweep Yankees and take first in AL East
TORONTO - George Springer smacked a pair of two-run homers to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-5 win and a four-game series sweep over the New York Yankees on Thursday. Springer put Toronto ahead 3-...
Jul 03, 2025

Toronto FC beaten 3-1 by New York City FC in first game since buying out Italian DPs
NEW YORK - Toronto FC, in its first outing since buying out the contacts of Italian designated players Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi, was beaten 3-1 by New York City FC in the lone MLS gam...
Jul 03, 2025
July 3, 2025: CKPG News on Demand
.The City is currently in court asking for permission to dismantle Moccasin Flats once and for all. Plus, Vanderhoof RCMP are now looking to the public for information regarding a homicide that took p...
Jul 03, 2025

Doug Ghim sets pace at John Deere Classic with a 62 and a 1-shot lead
SILVIS, Ill. (AP) - Doug Ghim holed out for eagle on the par-4 sixth hole and kept bogeys off his card on a day of low scoring Thursday. He opened with a 9-under 62 in a bid to become the latest first...
Jul 03, 2025

Athletes making final touches as they prepare for provincial games
PRINCE GEORGE - It's the final stages of preparation for many Special Olympics athletes, as the 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games is only one week away. The swimming team is among the many Prince ...
Jul 03, 2025

Canadian men's soccer team to host Australia in Montreal for October friendly
MONTREAL - The Canadian men's national soccer team will host Australia in its first match in Montreal since 2017 on Oct. 10 at Stade Saputo. Canada Soccer announced the opponent Thursday for the inter...
Jul 03, 2025
July 2, 2025: CKPG News on Demand
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Jul 03, 2025

City back in court over Moccasin Flats
PRINCE GEORGE - The City is back in court this week, hoping to achieve the authority to dismantle a homeless camp at the bottom of Lower Patricia Boulevard.A 2021 court ruling, initially allowing the ...
Jul 03, 2025

Two local ecosystem projects get funding
PRINCE GEORGE - Cottonwood Island is exactly what it purports to be. An island. And the side channel needs a little work. "That's a project that we've been working on for quite a few years now, explai...
Jul 03, 2025

Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. arrested by ICE for deportation, federal officials say
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Famed Mexican boxer Julio Csar Chvez Jr. has been arrested for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized cr...
Jul 03, 2025