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Nunavut extends lockdown as COVID-19 infections surge in the province
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is extending its "circuit-breaker'' lockdown as a rise in COVID-19 infections pushes the territory's health-care system to a breaking point. The territory's chief public hea...
Dec 29, 2021

NHL players vent frustration over being barred from Olympics
Brad Marchand is not happy. Neither is Vladimir Tarasenko. And they are not alone. A handful of NHL players are voicing their frustration over the league's decision barring them from participating in ...
Dec 29, 2021

Water main break closes section of 5th Avenue
PRINCE GEORGE- Avoid 5th avenue near the A&W. There was a water main break between Watrous Street and Melville avenue between 7:00 and 7:30. The road is closed as crews conduct repairs. Detours ha...
Dec 29, 2021

UNBC professor awarded Order of Canada
PRINCE GEORGE - UNBC professor Dr. Margo Greenwood has been awarded the Order of Canada. Greenwood is the Academic Leader of the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health, housed at UNBC.She...
Dec 29, 2021

B.C. Teachers Federation wants delay of school restart as COVID-19 cases surge
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Teachers Federation wants the province to delay the start of the winter term in public schools across B.C. as cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 mount. Several s...
Dec 29, 2021

A Canadian sporting legend, Lionel (Big Train) Conacher could do it all
Lionel Conacher did it all. Known as The Big Train, Conacher was an overwhelming winner of CP's outstanding athlete of the half-century in 1950. He was also named Canada's top football player of the h...
Dec 29, 2021

Decathlete Damian Warner wins Lionel Conacher Award as CP's male athlete of the year
Damian Warner won gold in one of track and field's most gruelling events, masterfully laying down one terrific performance after another over 10 events and two days, in the smothering Tokyo heat. But ...
Dec 29, 2021

Connor Bedard scores four goals to enter record books, Canada thrashes Austria 11-2
EDMONTON - Connor Bedard's four goals propelled Canada to an 11-2 win over Austria at the world junior men's hockey championship on Tuesday. Mason McTavish scored twice and Cole Perfetti had a goal an...
Dec 29, 2021

Kilde confirms his super-G dominance with 3rd straight win
BORMIO, Italy (AP) - Aleksander Aamodt Kilde mastered a tricky course to win a World Cup super-G by a large margin Wednesday for his third straight victory in the discipline. The Norwegian skier finis...
Dec 29, 2021

Cougars lose 6-5 in OT to Everett
PRINCE GEORGE - The Everett Silvertips beat the Prince George Cougars 6-5 in overtime last night. Keaton Dowhaniuk had three assists in the loss. Even with the loss, the Cougars have points in each of...
Dec 29, 2021