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RDFFG provides information on services and facilities in midst of COVID-19 crisis
PRINCE GEORGE-It's not news that services and access to buildings across the province have been limited since the novel coronavirus was announced a pandemic but the Regional District of Fraser Fort Ge...
Mar 19, 2020
PGYSA preparing for potential effects of Covid-19
The sports scene was flipped on its head last week when professional sports leagues closed shop because of the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide.The trickle-down effect has been felt in our region as local ...
Mar 19, 2020
Some details on how to access federal financial help if affected by COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out $27 billion in new spending and $55 billion in credit to help families and businesses get past the COVID-19 pandemic, which has reduced consumer spending...
Mar 19, 2020 Photo courtesy Canadian Press
South African player tests positive for the coronavirus
The first player under the PGA Tour umbrella has tested positive for the new coronavirus after returning home to South Africa from playing a developmental tour event in Mexico. The PGA Tour says Victo...
Mar 19, 2020
Major League Soccer extends suspension of play for next 8 weeks due to COVID-19
TORONTO - Major League Soccer has extended its season hiatus for the next eight weeks, with a target return date of May 10. Like many leagues, the North American soccer circuit announced a 30-day susp...
Mar 19, 2020
Ionescu headlines AP All-America women's basketball team
NEW YORK - Sabrina Ionescu has joined an elite group, becoming a three-time All-American. The Oregon senior shattered the NCAA career triple-double mark and became the first player in college history ...
Mar 19, 2020
CFL commissioner Ambrosie says league discussing COVID-19 contingency plans
TORONTO - The only certainty CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie has these days is uncertainty. Ambrosie can't say definitively that CFL training camps will open on time due to all the unknowns surro...
Mar 19, 2020
Twilight Time: Long-lost Rod Serling baseball comedy on deck
Years before he journeyed to "The Twilight Zone," Rod Serling made a brief detour to the strike zone. To many, he's the foreboding figure in black and white who gave the world the heebie-jeebies with ...
Mar 19, 2020
Local teen comes in second place in international LEGO competition
PRINCE GEORGE-For not knowing much about soccer, his LEGO creation sure didn't show it.Local LEGO afficionado, Caleb Hoy, was announced as the second place winner in an international LEGO contest. The...
Mar 19, 2020 "Watching the football game" LEGO creation by, Caleb Hoy. Courtesy of LEGO Ideas.
Vital but vulnerable, cleaners hold the line against a virus
NEW YORK - When hospitals need to prep a room for the next coronavirus test, when jetliners discharge their passengers at the gate, when suburbanites start to take sanitary precautions more seriously,...
Mar 19, 2020 Photo courtesy Canadian Press