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Local woman living with Alopecia embraces her condition, hoping to empower others
PRINCE GEORGE - At the age of 15, Melissa Styles was diagnosed with Alopecia, an auto-immune disorder that attacks one's hair follicles to the point that they begin to lose both the hair on their head...
Sep 30, 2020
Seagram's heir sentenced to prison in branded sex slave case
NEW YORK - An heir to the Seagram's liquor fortune was sentenced Wednesday to an 81-month prison term and immediately thrown behind bars for her role as an unwavering benefactor of Keith Raniere, the ...
Sep 30, 2020
QMJHL players to be handed 15-minute penalties for fighting
LONGUEUIL, Que. - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has approved new rules that dole out stiffer punishments for fighting. All players involved in a fight will now receive a 10-minute miscon...
Sep 30, 2020
3 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 125 in B.C.
VICTORIA-Three new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health for a total of 312 in the north since the start of the pandemic.Provincially, there are 125 new cases, including one epi-linked case bringing B....
Sep 30, 2020
LEAP Conference underway
PRINCE GEORGE - While the inaugural LEAP Conference was initially planned as an in-person event, COVID came along and changed that. But the show must go on and the conference is underway virtually thi...
Sep 30, 2020
NDP announce candidate for Prince George-Valemount
PRINCE GEORGE-The NDP has revealed their candidate for the Prince George- Valemount riding.Laura Parent will be heading up against Prince George-Valemount Liberal incumbent, Shirley Bond, Green Party ...
Sep 30, 2020
Canadian rower Silken Laumann drawn to paratriathlete's story, backs her with cash
CALGARY - Leanne Taylor was born the same year Silken Laumann overcame long odds to stand on the Olympic podium. Laumann rowing to a bronze medal with a mangled leg at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barc...
Sep 30, 2020
Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum happy with how industry stepped up during pandemic
Although restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 initially wreaked havoc on the golf season, Laurence Applebaum said this season showed the sport's resilience in Canada. The Golf Cana...
Sep 30, 2020
A's hold off Abreu, White Sox 5-3, force series to Game 3
OAKLAND, Calif. - Marcus Semien and Khris Davis homered early and the Oakland Athletics held off Jos Abreu and the Chicago White Sox in the late innings for a 5-3 win Wednesday that sent their AL play...
Sep 30, 2020
B.C. mayors call on all parties to commit to 'new fiscal relationship' with province
VANCOUVER - The mayors of British Columbia's 13 largest cities are calling on all provincial parties to commit to further action related to mental health and substance use, affordable housing, public ...
Sep 30, 2020