UNBC AWARD
UNBC earns Canada West Feature of the Year Award
PRINCE GEORGE - Every year Canada West announces its 2024 SID Award recipients, celebrating excellence in sports information across the conference. This year UNBC has earned one of those awards featuring a former athlete, Brooke Molby. It's never easy when a loved one passes, especially to an overdose. Former UNBC socc...
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Highway 97 closure
Wildfire causes Highway closure just south of Chetwynd
CHETWYND - Motorists beware. A wildfire discovered Wednesday afternoon (April 24) has closed Highway 97 North about eight kilometres south of Chetwynd. The BC Wildfire Service says a ground crew is en route and an assessment of the highway closure is in progress. The fire is eight hectares in size and suspected to be h...
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CKPG Today Entertainment
Legendary blues musician Jim Byrnes set to take the stage at Vanier Hall
Jim Byrnes is a legendary blues icon, an actor of note, and that artist who lights up every stage with songs and stories, tried and true. The tried and true part is just how Byrnes likes it, according to the accomplished actor and longtime performer it's the stories that are able to be told through his songs that are t...
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CKPG Today Art
Master pen and ink techniques and applications thanks to the PG Artists Co-op
The Prince George Artists Co-op is getting ready to launch pen and ink classes for four weeks starting on April 28th. Take part in the classes for a series of Friday sessions and learn the basics and advanced methods from local artist Judy Lisk. You can register by calling the co-op at 250-962-0030.
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Downtown Safety
String of downtown fires has business owners fed up
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UNBC AWARD
UNBC earns Canada West Feature of the Year Award
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Highway 97 closure
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New comm garden
In the face of annual wildfires, local planting bed at UNBC supports food security
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Downtown Safety
String of downtown fires has business owners fed up
PRINCE GEORGE - Downtown Prince George has been no stranger to fires recently, and it has many business owners frustrated and fed up with the damages and dangers it causes. Hands on Car Wash was the most recent victim of property damage, as one of its UHAUL truck burned to a crisp."It's getting worse and worse. La...
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UNBC AWARD
UNBC earns Canada West Feature of the Year Award
PRINCE GEORGE - Every year Canada West announces its 2024 SID Award recipients, celebrating excellence in sports information across the conference. This year UNBC has earned one of those awards featuring a former athlete, Brooke Molby. It's never easy when a loved one passes, especially to an overdose. Former UNBC socc...
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New comm garden
In the face of annual wildfires, local planting bed at UNBC supports food security
PRINCE GEORGE - The president of the Botanical Garden Society says they've set up 22 vegetable planting beds, such as lettuce and carrots, at the left side of the main UNBC campus, after seeing a lot of interest from people in having their own gardens. Though there hasn't been a specific request, there's been a need fo...
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School of Education tries to fill gaps
PRINCE GEORGE - Each year, just over 13, 000 students attend one of 41 schools in school district 57. But the district, like every other district in the province is facing a shortage of teachers. Enter, UNBC's School of Education. "We have a relatively small cohort," says Glen Thielman, a lecturer in the Scho...
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Northern BC
Highway 97 closure
Wildfire causes Highway closure just south of Chetwynd
CHETWYND - Motorists beware. A wildfire discovered Wednesday afternoon (April 24) has closed Highway 97 North about eight kilometres south of Chetwynd. The BC Wildfire Service says a ground crew is en route and an assessment of the highway closure is in progress. The fire is eight hectares in size and suspected to be h...
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UNBC Honorary degree
Internationally recognized musical artist receives honorary degree at UNBC
SMITHERS - Singing in both Spanish and English, Alex Cuba is an award-winning international musical artist from Cuba who will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Northern British Columbia during the 2024 Convocation ceremony at the Prince George campus on May 31. Previously receiving an hon...
Apr 22, 2024
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Recycling
Changes coming to recycling collection at Regional District transfer stations
PRINCE GEORGE - Starting the end of May, residents can expect changes when it comes to recycling collection According to the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, the contractor who currently provides the recycling drop off bins and hauling services is unable to continue the service past May 31. "This means the...
Apr 19, 2024
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QUESNEL RIVER RUSH
The Quesnel River Rush set to make immediate impact on the KIJHL
QUESNEL - It was exciting news when the city of Quesnel announced they were the 3rd expansion team to join the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The first time the city has had junior hockey since 2011.Tracy Mero will take the reigns as the new owner and president of the team after he bought and relo...
Apr 18, 2024
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Cariboo Region
RCMP
Williams Lake RCMP ask for help tracking down two missing men
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. -Update: RCMP say that 82-year-old Tony Ayres has been located and is safe.The RCMP thanks the media and public for their assistance.Earlier: Williams Lake RCMP are requesting the public's help in locating Jackie Ray Siemens, who was last seen on Thursday (April 18) .Siemens, 48, was last seen at th...
Apr 22, 2024
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BC Wildfires
Four weekend fires suspected to be human-caused
PRINCE GEORGE- The BC WIldfire Service says four fires that sparked over the weekend in the central Interior are suspected to be human-caused. That includes the two fires out in the Vanderhoof and Fort St James area, the fire on Chief Lake Road near Ness Lake and the Burgess Creek wildfire between Williams Lake and Que...
Apr 22, 2024
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MVI
Two-vehicle MVI on Highway 97 at Dragon Lake Road
QUESNEL - Quesnel RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 at Dragon Lake Road Tuesday morning (April 16).Officers arrived on scene at 7:30 a.m. to find a collision involving a pickup truck and an SUV."The SUV was attempting to cross Highway 97 from Dragon Lake Road when it was struck by the pickup ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Impaired driving
Williams Lake Mounties remind residents to plan a safe ride home
WILLIAMS LAKE - A reminder from Mounties in Williams Lake to avoid the perils of impaired driving.Williams Lake RCMP has seen an increase in impaired drivers in and around the city. In fact over the past seven days they have conducted three investigations for impaired driving. These investigations will be submitted to ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Sports
UNBC AWARD
UNBC earns Canada West Feature of the Year Award
PRINCE GEORGE - Every year Canada West announces its 2024 SID Award recipients, celebrating excellence in sports information across the conference. This year UNBC has earned one of those awards featuring a former athlete, Brooke Molby. It's never easy when a loved one passes, especially to an overdose. Former UNBC socc...
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WHL PLAYOFFS
Cougars feeling great heading into highly anticipated series with Winterhawks
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars are off to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2007. Up next? The team's toughest opponent yet. The Portland Winterhawks. The two teams split the season series and finished 1st and 2nd in the Western Conference. With almost identical stats it is building up t...
Apr 23, 2024
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Spruce Kings
Cariboo Cougars player commits to Spruce Kings
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have confirmed another player commitment for next season.Mason Loewen is a 6'0, 185 pound forward from Charlie Lake, B.C., who spent the last two seasons with the Cariboo Cougars of the BC Elite Hockey League. In 70 games, he scored 42 goals and added 38 assists for 80 poi...
Apr 23, 2024
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Canada
Parole documents reveal B.C. teen's killer thinks TV show about crime 'disrespectful'
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Reena Virk's killer told parole officials that a television series about the Victoria, B.C., teen's murder is "disrespectful" and will "re-victimize" Virk's family. Documents released by the Parole Board of Canada Wednesday say Virk's killer Kelly Ellard - who changed her name to...
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'Nessie' sighting vaults Canadian couple into media spotlight after photo in Scotland
LONDON - Parry Malm and Shannon Wiseman weren't expecting a "pivotal moment" in their sons' lives when they visited Scotland's Loch Ness earlier this month, but that's exactly what happened. "Our youngest is turning three next week," said Wiseman from the family's home in London, England. "And ...
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Green deputy leader sentenced to jail for Fairy Creek old growth protests
OTTAWA - The Green Party is decrying a 60-day sentence handed to its deputy leader today for her role in old growth logging protests on Vancouver Island. Angela Davidson, also known as Rainbow Eyes, was convicted in January of seven counts of criminal contempt for breaching a court injunction and later her bail conditi...
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Giant prehistoric salmon had tusk-like spikes used for defence, building nests: study
A new paper says a giant salmon that lived five million years ago in the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest used tusk-like spikes as defense mechanisms and for building nests to spawn. The initial fossil discoveries of the 2.7-metre-long salmon in Oregon in the 1970s were incomplete and led researchers to suggest ...
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Canadian health-care professionals urged to share climate disaster mitigation info
HALIFAX - After last summer's heat waves, deadly floods and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to help their patients better prepare for climate change-related extreme weather and natural disasters. Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the U...
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Montreal Olympic Stadium fire: Quebec grants up to $40 million for cleanup, repairs
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has awarded the organization that manages Montreal's Olympic Stadium up to $40 million to pay for repairs and decontamination after a March 21 fire. Parc olympique spokesman Cédric Essiminy says extensive decontamination work is needed in the stadium's tower because smoke spread ...
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World
Arizona grand jury indicts 11 Republicans who falsely declared Trump won the state in 2020
PHOENIX (AP) - Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election were charged Wednesday with conspiracy, fraud and forgery, marking the fourth state to bring charges against "fake electors." The 11 people who...
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Chicago's 'rat hole' removed after city determines sidewalk with animal impression was damaged
CHICAGO (AP) - The "rat hole" is gone. A Chicago sidewalk landmark some residents affectionately called the "rat hole" was removed Wednesday after city officials determined the section bearing the imprint of an animal was damaged and needed to be replaced, officials said. The imprint has been a quir...
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EU hopeful North Macedonia to hold May 8 presidential runoff with center-right candidate in the lead
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) - North Macedonia will head to a presidential runoff after no candidate secured enough votes to win outright in Wednesday's first round of balloting held as the country seeks to enter into the European Union. The second round of voting on May 8 will coincide with parliamentary elections. Pr...
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