SOGI in schools
Conservative plans to replace SOGI 123 "raised alarm bells" for physicians
PRINCE GEORGE - Following a recent announcement by the BC Conservative Party to replace SOGI 123 with zero-tolerance anti-bullying programs, several physicians in Prince George and Northern B.C. are raising their concerns that this could potentially cause serious harm."That really raised alarm bells for us because...
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Students vote
What electoral issues matter most to D.P. Todd students?
PRINCE GEORGE - Just days away from the October 19 provincial election, students across School District 57 are taking part in a student voting exercise to learn more about the election process and what each party stands for. D.P. Todd was one of several schools that saw student voters cast their votes, and many of the ...
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CKPG Today Entertainment
PGSO kicking off mainstage series with Scheherazade
The time has come! The Prince George Symphony Orchestra is back with their 2024-25 Mainstage Series. Learn more about Scheherazade on the show which features one of the finest and most evocative symphonies of the 19th century. A series of four short films will introduce each of the four movements. These are original fi...
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CKPG Today Fun Stuff
Riding with Quinson Elementary's Bike Club
Students at Quinson Elementary in Prince George have an amazing opportunity to get outdoors and get active thanks to a grant and support from the community. We tagged along for a ride out at Otway with the club!
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SOGI in schools
Conservative plans to replace SOGI 123 "raised alarm bells" for physicians
PRINCE GEORGE - Following a recent announcement by the BC Conservative Party to replace SOGI 123 with zero-tolerance anti-bullying programs, several physicians in Prince George and Northern B.C. are raising their concerns that this could potentially cause serious harm."That really raised alarm bells for us because...
2h ago
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Students vote
What electoral issues matter most to D.P. Todd students?
PRINCE GEORGE - Just days away from the October 19 provincial election, students across School District 57 are taking part in a student voting exercise to learn more about the election process and what each party stands for. D.P. Todd was one of several schools that saw student voters cast their votes, and many of the ...
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Only one leader visits PG: "Not a good look"
PRINCE GEORGE - On September 26, BC Conservative Leader John Rustad swung into Prince George for a rally. He addressed those in attendance before leaving an hour later. He is the only leader of any of the three mainstream parties to visit any of the Prince George ridings. "I don't think it's a good look. This is t...
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downtown
Downtown business owners consider street level surveillance cameras to deter crime
PRINCE GEORGE - Businesses in downtown Prince George are considering installing street level surveillance cameras to help prevent crime, particularly in the evening. The success of a similar system in Penticton is being used as an example of what cameras in downtown Prince George could look like.Downtown Prince George ...
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Northern BC
Fatality
Vanderhoof police investigate crash that claimed two lives
VANDERHOOF- Two people were killed in a tragic crash last Friday (Oct. 11) night on the 5800 Block of Sackner Road in Vanderhoof.It all started when Vanderhoof RCMP say they were notified of a single vehicle crash involving an animal just before 8:30 p.m. that night.Mounties say two people attended the scene to help wi...
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Crime
Mounties investigating McBride B & E
MCBRIDE - A break-and-enter in McBride has RCMP seeking the public's help.Police say it occurred at a home on 3rd Avenue sometime September 30 and October 1, 2024."Nothing appears to have been taken and police have obtained a video of two suspects believed to be responsible. One suspect is shown inside the residen...
Oct 15, 2024
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Education
Fort St. James students take to the water in a unique environmental science course
NORTHERN B.C.-When the bell rings most students head to a classroom but for the students in the Fort St. James Environmental Science program they start the boat. Kole Dame is in the course and says that he's learning a tonne on the water, adding that it taught him "to communicate with your peers while working on s...
Oct 09, 2024
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psychiatric care
Three city councillors call for supporting development of Northern psychiatric facility
PRINCE GEORGE - In August, we brought you the story of a Prince George psychiatrist who is petitioning to bring a psychiatric care facility to Northern B.C. That petition has now caught the attention of three city councillors, who have signalled their intent to further support development of a facility in Prince George...
Oct 09, 2024
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Cariboo Region
Community
Joel McKay steps down as Northern Development CEO for new role with City of Quesnel
CARIBOO- The Northern Development Initiative Trust's Board of Directors has announced that CEO Joel McKay will be leaving the Trust at the end of the year to pursue the City Manager position for the City of Quesnel.McKay joined Northern Development back in 2012 as the Director of Communications. In 2016 he was named as...
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election 2024
Independent candidate Coralee Oakes campaign different than most
PRINCE GEORGE - The provincial election is down to its final days and candidates are making their final pitches to voters. In the riding of Prince George-North Cariboo, independent candidate and three term incumbent Coralee Oakes has had a different campaign than in years past, but is looking at the campaign in a new l...
Oct 15, 2024
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Traffic
Vehicle fire closes Highway 97 south of Quesnel
QUESNEL - Update: The highway has reopened to single-lane alternating traffic.Earlier: Motorists beware.A semi truck fire has closed Highway 97 in both directions 45 kilometres south of Quesnel at Melville Road.RCMP say the semi was hauling pulp and paper Friday morning when the driver noticed flames. No one was injure...
Oct 11, 2024
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Provincial politics
Independent candidate calls for targeted rural post-secondary funding
PRINCE GEORGE - Coralee Oakes is calling for the establishment of a targeted rural post-secondary operating grant.The Prince George-North Cariboo independent candidate says "we need to provide sustainable targeted funding for small, rural post-secondary institutions where the geographic locations and large number ...
Oct 08, 2024
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Sports
WHL
Cougars beat Tigers 8-1
MEDICINE HAT- The Prince George Cougars got back to their winning ways Wednesday night in Medicine Hat.The Cats blew out the Tigers 8-1. Forwards Riley Heidt and Terik Parascak each had a goal and two assists and Joshua Ravensbergen blocked 33 of 34 shots for the win.The Cougars are in Lethbridge Friday night to take o...
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WHL
Cougars blanked in Calgary
CALGARY - The Prince George Cougars kicked off a road trip with a 5-0 loss to the Calgary Hitmen on Monday (Oct.14).The Cougars were outshot 36-31, giving up three goals in the second period and two in the third period.Cooper Michaluk was in net for Prince George who continue their three game trip in Medicine Hat Wedne...
Oct 15, 2024
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CANADA WEST
Timberwolves suffer second consecutive lopsided defeat to Thunderbirds
PRINCE GEORGE -- The UBC Thunderbirds knocked off the UNBC Timberwolves 7-0 on Saturday (Oct. 12) in Canada West women's soccer action at Masich Place Stadium.UBC, which bested UNBC by the same scoreline on Friday (Oct. 11) in Prince George, scored all seven of its goals in the first half on Saturday and improved to 12...
Oct 13, 2024
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Canada
Amber Alert issued for five-day-old baby in Saskatchewan
RCMP in Saskatchewan have issued an Amber Alert after a newborn baby was allegedly abducted from a health centre in the community of Montreal Lake. Police say they were told this afternoon that five-day-old Koda Moccasin had been taken from the community, roughly 100 kilometres north of Prince Albert. The baby boy was ...
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Here are the key numbers in the deal proposed by three tobacco giants
Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay billions of dollars to provincial and territorial governments as well as smokers across Canada as part of a corporate restructuring process set off by a legal battle over the health effects of smoking. Here are the key numbers of the proposal, based on a court filing as well as...
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Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5 billion to provinces, smokers in proposed deal
Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to some 100,000 Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a corporate restructuring process triggered by a long-running legal battle. The companies - JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedg...
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RCMP say girl's death in Alberta lake could be criminal
WABAMUN, Alta. - Mounties say they're treating the death of a five-year-old girl pulled from an Alberta lake as a criminal matter. RCMP said Sunday that two people had been found after a canoe overturned on Wabamun Lake west of Edmonton. They said bystanders recovered the girl from the lake and, despite life-saving eff...
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India again rejects Canada's claims it works with gangs targeting Sikh separatists
OTTAWA - India's foreign ministry says Ottawa is trying to smear New Delhi, as the country doubles down on rejecting claims it is behind widespread crimes in Canada. The federal government ordered India's top envoy to leave the country on Monday after the RCMP said it had credible evidence that Indian agents played a r...
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Saskatchewan Party's Moe pledges change room ban in schools; Beck calls it desperate
REGINA - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising a directive banning "biological boys" from using school changing rooms with "biological girls" if re-elected, a move the NDP's Carla Beck says weaponizes vulnerable kids. Moe made the pledge Thursday at a campaign stop in Regina. He said it w...
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World
Republicans say they're appealing a Georgia judge's ruling that invalidates seven election rules
ATLANTA (AP) - National and state Republicans on Thursday appealed a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party are appealing a ruling from Fulton C...
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Republicans say they're appealing a Georgia judge's ruling that invalidates seven election rules
ATLANTA (AP) - National and state Republicans on Thursday appealed a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party are appealing a ruling from Fulton C...
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Alabama executes man who killed 5 and asked to be put to death
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama executed a man Thursday who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a drug-fueled rampage in 2016 and dropped his appeals to allow his lethal injection to go forward. Derrick Dearman, 36, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Thursday at Holman prison in southern Alabama. He ple...
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