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Smoak drives in three runs vs. Rays in potential final game as Blue Jay
TORONTO - Justin Smoak hit a pair of doubles and drove in three runs in what was likely his final game as a Blue Jay, and Toronto ended its season with a 8-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. Smo...
Sep 29, 2019
Cause of deadly boat fire still a mystery
LOS ANGELES - Investigators completed a two-week examination of the charred wreckage of a scuba diving boat and could not determine what ignited the fire that killed 34 people off the Southern Califor...
Sep 29, 2019
Winter tire legislation set to come into effect
Despite the season officially changing to Fall last week, winter conditions are coming sooner rather than later.This is why experts are advising residents to get their winter tires on so they are prep...
Sep 29, 2019
Governor general, ex-Quebec premiers to attend Jacques Chirac memorial service
A Canadian delegation led by Gov. Gen. Julie Payette will attend a memorial service for former French president Jacques Chirac on Monday. Chirac, who served as president of France between 19...
Sep 29, 2019
Northern FanCon reaches $100,000 Kickstarter goal
FanCon is here to stay in Prince George.Just a couple of hours before their deadline of 1:23 p.m. Sunday afternoon, organizers reached their $100,000 Kickstarter goal.After a decline in attendance las...
Sep 29, 2019
Curling takes to the street
Ahead of the 2020 Women's World Curling Championship organizers have been out in the community holding street curling demo's.This included this past Saturday at Canadian Tire.Residents both young and ...
Sep 29, 2019
Prince George provides feedback for new accessibility legislation
B.C's Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction visited Prince George on Saturday.Minister Shane Simpson made the trip to Northern B.C as part of his consultation tour around the province t...
Sep 29, 2019
At UN, Africa balances highlighting its progress and poverty
At the modernist U.N. building on New York's East Side, "United Nations" means the trappings of protocol, the gravitas and pettiness of diplomatic relations, the grandiose speeches and agendas of head...
Sep 29, 2019
Canadian sprinters De Grasse, Brown cruise into 200-metre semifinal at worlds
DOHA, Qatar - Canadian sprinters Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown won their men's 200-metre heats Sunday at the world track and field championships. A day after racing to bronze in the men's 100, De Gr...
Sep 29, 2019
Wally Lamb, prison at odds again over inmate writing program
NIANTIC, Conn. - Author Wally Lamb says he was barred from entering a Connecticut women's prison to resume a writing program that had been reinstated after an investigation of former inmates' complain...
Sep 29, 2019