PGSA
PGSA hosts annual icebreaker tournament, still welcoming new members
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Soccer Association (PGSA) held its annual Icebreaker tournament today, which is focused on letting interested community members hit the field with some teams to see if they're interesting in joining the league."We do it every year, and it's basically a way to get people out to sta...
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Fort St. James Prescribed Burns
BC Wildfire Services carries out prescribed burns near Fort St. James
FORT ST. JAMES, B.C. - Smoke may continue to be visible near the District of Fort St. James. The BC Wildfire Service says it carried out three prescribed burns near Fort St. James Thursday (May 2), treating nearly 8.5 hectares of land. In a post to social media, the wildfire service says the burns were done in partners...
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CKPG Today Northern FanCon
Celebrating 10 years of Northern FanCon with Ming Chen and Norm Coyne
A decade is a long time! Northern FanCon has reached that milestone as it runs its 10th Anniversary event this weekend at the CN Centre and Kin Arenas. Learn about who's in town for the big celebration from the event creator Norm Coyne and acclaimed actor Ming Chen who is no stranger to Prince George! You can get your ...
May 03, 2024
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CKPG Today Northern FanCon
Meet 'The Mountie' ahead of Primetime Wrestling at Northern FanCon on Saturday night
There are some BIG names coming to help celebrate 10 years of Northern FanCon in Prince George this weekend! While there are many on the showbiz side of things, there are also many on the wrestling side of things ready to bring a major atmosphere under the Saturday night lights! Meet 'The Mountie' Jacques Rougeau longt...
May 03, 2024
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Downtown Patrols
City staff proposing temporary increased patrols to tackle increasing fire complaints in downtown Prince George
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Kodiaks Volleyball
Kodiaks Volleyball seeks to repeat as provincial champs
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PGSA
PGSA hosts annual icebreaker tournament, still welcoming new members
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Soccer Association (PGSA) held its annual Icebreaker tournament today, which is focused on letting interested community members hit the field with some teams to see if they're interesting in joining the league."We do it every year, and it's basically a way to get people out to sta...
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Northern Fancon
Tenth annual Northern Fancon brings memorable experiences, thousands of passionate fans
PRINCE GEORGE - The tenth annual Northern Fancon is taking place at the CN Centre this weekend, and this year's iteration is once again delivering on the fandom celebration many have come to expect. Running from May 3 to 5, this year's iteration of the convention brought thousands of fans, merchandise and art relating ...
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Downtown Patrols
City staff proposing temporary increased patrols to tackle increasing fire complaints in downtown Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Overnight patrols may be increasing in downtown Prince George. In a report to Prince George Council on Monday (May 6), Eric Depenau - the city's acting director of administrative services - writes the increase in burning complaints and fires in the downtown core have become a significant issue. "Du...
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Kodiaks Volleyball
Kodiaks Volleyball seeks to repeat as provincial champs
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Kodiaks Red U16 Girls Volleyball team is looking to repeat as provincial champions, as the team is currently battling some of the province's best teams in Abbotsford. While there are 75 girls teams, the Kodiaks are in Division 1 where they are competing against 16 other teams. While th...
May 03, 2024
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Northern BC
Fort St. James Prescribed Burns
BC Wildfire Services carries out prescribed burns near Fort St. James
FORT ST. JAMES, B.C. - Smoke may continue to be visible near the District of Fort St. James. The BC Wildfire Service says it carried out three prescribed burns near Fort St. James Thursday (May 2), treating nearly 8.5 hectares of land. In a post to social media, the wildfire service says the burns were done in partners...
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WARRANT ISSUED
Prince George man believed to be in Nanaimo area wanted by RCMP
NANAIMO - A northern B.C. man wanted on multiple domestic violence-related charges is believed to be on the mid-Island.Jayson Lee Delorme, 41, is thought to be travelling in the Nanaimo, Port Alberni or Duncan area of Vancouver Island and faces a long list of charges stemming from incidents in Prince George and Fort St...
May 01, 2024
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Motorcycle safety
ICBC preaches motorcycle safety
PRINCE GEORGE - With spring upon us and motorcycles back on our roads, ICBC is urging riders and drivers to take the proper steps to make sure we all stay safe.Motorcyclists are at a much higher risk of being injured in a crash than drivers due to their lack of protection. ICBC says the average age of a motorcyclist in...
Apr 30, 2024
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Period Promise is back
NORTHERN BC - United Way British Columbia is working with communities in BC's North, Interior, Lower Mainland and Central & Northern Vancouver Island, wants to make it easier for people who menstruate to get through their periods with dignity. United Way BC's 2024 Period Promise campaign, presented by Pacific Blue ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Cariboo Region
Fatal Stabbing
Two men arrested and charged two years after fatal stabbing in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Two men have been arrested and charged with manslaughter two years after the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man. In a news release issued Saturday (May 4) afternoon, Williams Lake RCMP say 26-year-old Michael Bauer and 25-year-old Garrett Shirey were arrested in Williams Lake and Houston, B.C. re...
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Wildfire Watch
Wildfire 100 kilometres west of Williams Lake grows to more than 100 hectares
ALEXIS CREEK, B.C. - An out-of-control wildfire south of the Cariboo community of Alexis Creek has grown to 101 hectares. The BC Wildfire Service says the fire nearly 100 kilometres west of Williams Lake was discovered shortly after 3:00 p.m. Friday (May 3). Its approximate location is one kilometre northwest of Zenzac...
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Quesnel City Council censures and sanctions Mayor Ron Paull
QUESNEL - Quesnel City Council moved to sanction and censure Mayor Ron Paull at Tuesday's council meeting for what the city calls "jeopardizing Indigenous relations with the Lhtako Dene Nation and surrounding Indigenous communities".Censure and sanctions were taken by council in response to the Mayor taking a...
May 01, 2024
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MVI
Driver 'critically injured' in fiery Highway 97 crash
WILLIAMS LAKE - Update: The highway has reopened to single-lane alternating traffic.Earlier:Two people were injured - one critically - in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 at Lynes Creek Road, about 10 kilometres north of Wildwood.North District RCMP say the crash occurred shortly after 9 a.m. on Tuesday April 30.&...
Apr 30, 2024
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Sports
LOCAL ARCHERY
Local archer off to El Salvador to compete in the Youth and Masters Pan American Championships
PRINCE GEORGE - Seth Johnson wasn't always into Archery.He actually grew up doing motocross sports. It wasn't until his dad suggested the sport that Seth really got into it.Off the bat, he was a natural. His dad being a former archer himself saw the talent in his son. And with days of training at the outdoor range and ...
May 03, 2024
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Back to Prince George: Cougars force game six after 6-1 win in Portland
PORTLAND - The Prince George Cougars have sent the Western Hockey League (WHL) Western Conference Finals back up north of the border. The Cougars blew out the Portland Winterhawks 6-1 on the road Thursday (May 2) night in game five of the WHL Western Conference Finals. They now trail the best-of-seven series 3-2. In a ...
May 03, 2024
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Cougars on the brink of elimination after 5-2 loss to Winterhawks in game four
PORTLAND - It's do or die for the Prince George Cougars for the rest of the Western Hockey League (WHL) Western Conference Finals. The Cougars were put on the brink of elimination Wednesday (May 1) night, falling to the Portland Winterhawks on the road in game four by a score of 5-2. They now trail the best-of-seven se...
May 02, 2024
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Canada
Princess Anne lays wreath at B.C. veteran's cemetery; receives 21-gun salute
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - Princess Anne paid tribute to veterans buried at a cemetery in British Columbia today, laying a wreath to honour the more than 2,500 military personnel and family members buried there. The princess spent more than an hour touring the God's Acre cemetery, a national historic site in Esquimalt, B.C., th...
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Montreal launches cruise season with ship that protected 1,500 Ukrainian refugees
MONTREAL - Cruise ship Staff Capt. Rakesh Prasad can't forget the traumatized expressions on the faces of hundreds of Ukrainians who boarded Holland America's Volendam in April 2022. The 1,500 refugees, who had fled their homeland two months earlier after Russia's invasion triggered an ongoing war there, boarded the sh...
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Judge to rule on validity of Quebec language law because it delays English verdicts
MONTREAL - A Quebec court judge will decide whether the province's new language reform is constitutional because a section of the law systematically delays the delivery of verdicts handed down in English. Judge Dennis Galiatsatos raised the question on his own initiative while overseeing a case involving a woman charge...
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Red dresses to make fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women
Models in uniquely designed red dresses are taking to the runway in British Columbia this weekend to make a powerful fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. "The stories that come out through the fashion are deeply moving," says Kim Coltman, organizer of th...
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Parliamentary report on Emergencies Act decision is 18 months past due - and counting
OTTAWA - For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent. The erstwhile group of senators and MPs studying the federal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act over the "Freedom Convoy" was supposed to present its findings in December...
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Man charged with second-degree murder in White Rock, B.C., stabbing: RCMP
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - Mounties say a man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing that shook the community of White Rock, B.C., last month. A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 27-year-old Dimitri Hyacinth from nearby Surrey is accused of killing Kulwinder Singh Sohi on A...
May 03, 2024
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World
Snakes almost on a plane: TSA discovers a bag with small snakes in passenger's pants
MIAMI (AP) - Airport security officers in Miami found a slithering surprise last week - a bag of snakes hidden in a passenger's pants. According to an X post by the Transportation Security Administration, officers at the Miami International Airport found the small bag of snakes hidden in a passenger's trousers on April...
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Mexican officials say 3 bodies recovered in Baja California during search for 3 missing foreigners
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities said Friday that three bodies were recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend. The state prosecutors office did not say whether the bodies were those of the three foreigners, but said the bodies were discovered duri...
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The Lakers fire coach Darvin Ham after just 2 seasons in charge and 1st-round playoff exit
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after just two seasons in charge. The Lakers announced on social media that they were dismissing Ham four days after their season ended with a first-round playoff loss to Denver in five games. Ham led Los Angeles to the Western Conference finals...
May 03, 2024
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