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To Your Health: Health-Care Mask Mandates
PRINCE GEORGE - There's been a large increase in respiratory illnesses. RSV and COVID-19, among other illnesses, have spiked the charts, but that comes as no surprise as we enter into the colder month...
Sep 30, 2023

Europe builds a 5-point lead in Ryder Cup. Cantlay gives the Americans hope
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) - Europe has a five-point lead and history on its side in the Ryder Cup. No team has ever come back from that large a deficit going into the singles session. The Americ...
Sep 30, 2023

A truck crash in Illinois kills 5, seriously injures 5 and forces an evacuation due to ammonia leak
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say five people were killed and five were seriously injured after a truck overturned in central Illinois, causing a toxic substance to leak from its cargo. Effingh...
Sep 30, 2023

UNBC men's soccer team falls short in Victoria
VICTORIA - The Victoria Vikes were awarded a pair of penalty kicks and made good on both, beating a UNBC Timberwolves team starting seven rookies by a 2-0 score on Friday, September 29th, 2023 in Vict...
Sep 30, 2023

Spruce Kings drop home opener in overtime heartbreaker
PRINCE GEORGE - The Spruce Kings dropped their home opener Friday night 3-2 in overtime to the visiting Chilliwack Chiefs.The scoring started when Kilian McGregor-Bennett scored short-handed. Skogen S...
Sep 30, 2023

Cougars clobber the Royals, 11-2
VICTORIA - - It was pure dominance from the Prince George Cougars, clobbering the Victoria Royals by an 11-2 score Friday night in their first road game of the regular season at the Save on Foods Memo...
Sep 30, 2023

Canada tops Netherlands in opener of men's volleyball Olympic qualifier tournament
XI'AN, China - Canada emerged victorious in its opening match of a men's volleyball Olympic qualification tournament early on Saturday. Canada took the final two sets to earn the comeback win over the...
Sep 30, 2023

Toronto Blue Jays ready to celebrate return to post-season
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will have their champagne on ice tonight. A win over the Tampa Bay Rays this afternoon will clinch a post-season berth for Toronto for a second straight year. An emphat...
Sep 30, 2023

Mandatory security awareness training among changes since arrest of employee: RCMP
OTTAWA - The RCMP says it has introduced mandatory security awareness training for employees, one of several changes prompted by the 2019 arrest of a senior civilian member for allegedly leaking class...
Sep 30, 2023

Federal Court ruling sets back health workers seeking psilocybin mushroom access
VANCOUVER - Megan McLaren thought her future career was in law enforcement, but her path radically shifted thanks in part to psychedelic drug therapy, she says. McLaren left a civilian position with t...
Sep 30, 2023