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Spruce Kings open up preseason with 6-2 win over Merritt
MERRITT - Six different goal scorers for the Prince George Spruce Kings was just what the doctor ordered, as the Prince George Spruce Kings skated to a 6-2 victory against the Merritt Centennials to k...
Sep 25, 2021

Newgarden wins Long Beach pole in tight IndyCar title race
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The IndyCar championship race tightened ahead of the Grand Prix of Long Beach after a messy qualifying session put contenders Alex Palou and Pato O'Ward in the middle of the ...
Sep 25, 2021

City reasserts title credentials as rivals drop points
LONDON (AP) - Manchester City reasserted its Premier League title credentials on a day all of its big rivals dropped points. City delivered a statement performance in a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge on S...
Sep 25, 2021

B.C. Vaccine Card required to access certain settings Monday; paper immunization record no longer accepted
VICTORIA - The province's health ministry is reminding B.C. residents that, starting on Monday (Sept. 27), they must have their B.C. Vaccine Card in order to access certain non-essential settings.Whil...
Sep 25, 2021

Release of the Michaels ‘the beginning of a new phase of Canada-China relations’: B.C. expert
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops expert on East Asian politics says the end of Meng Wanzhou's detention in Canada and the corresponding release of two Canadians in China represent the beginning of a new phase of...
Sep 25, 2021

Dominican boxer hospitalized, 'responsive' after brutal KO
LONDON (AP) - Dominican boxer Lenin Castillo was taken to the hospital after being carried out of the ring on a stretcher following a devastating knockout by British opponent Callum Smith on Saturday....
Sep 25, 2021

Tight B.C. races give Liberals Richmond Centre riding, NDP takes Nanaimo-Ladysmith
VICTORIA - The Liberals and New Democrats have been declared the winners in two hotly contested British Columbia federal ridings too close to call on election night. Elections Canada says Liberal Wils...
Sep 25, 2021

Tight B.C. races give Liberals Vancouver Granville, NDP takes Nanaimo-Ladysmith
VICTORIA - The Liberals and New Democrats have been declared the winners in two hotly contested British Columbia federal ridings too close to call on election night. Elections Canada says Liberal Wils...
Sep 25, 2021

Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor back in Canada after detention in China
Two Canadians who languished in Chinese prisons for nearly three years held emotional reunions with their loved ones on Saturday after the culmination of a geopolitical saga that saw them return safel...
Sep 25, 2021

Sens acquire forward Zach Sanford from Blues for forward Brown and conditional pick
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators acquired forward Zach Sanford from the St. Louis Blues on Saturday in exchange for forward Logan Brown and a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2022. Sanford had 16 po...
Sep 25, 2021