Workplace incident in Quesnel claims life of 24-year-old man
QUESNEL - A workplace incident claimed the life of a 24-year-old male worker in Quesnel Friday morning (Jan.17).Quesnel RCMP, Emergency Health Services and the Quesnel Fire Department responded to the incident at approximately 10:18 a.m. at a mill on Carradice Road. Few details have been released but police and WorkSaf...
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Urban mayors issue wish list
PRINCE GEORGE - The mayors of BC's largest municipalities have issued a special letter identifying certain expectations of government, now that Premier David Eby has presented ministerial mandate letters.Mandate letters outline the objectives that each minister will work to accomplish, as well as the pressing challenge...
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CKPG Today Food
PG Italian Club hosting pizza making session for kids
The PG Italian Club is set to host a pizza making session for kids coming up on January 27th during the SD57 Pro-D Day. Although this particular event is sold out, the club is excited to offer more of these in the future! We made some pizza on the show to celebrate.
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CKPG Today Entertainment
Kiwanis Alefest returns in 2025 with more events
Savour craft beer in a fun way during Kiwanis Alefest 2025 set to run January 24th and 25th in Prince George. The proceeds from this event support various causes across the city every year in the form of capital projects and community grants to local children's charities. This years edition features four ticketed Tasti...
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Urban mayors issue wish list
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Downtown fire
Prince George Fire Rescue Chief speaks on downtown blaze
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Cougars
Cougars look for bounce back against WHL's best
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Impaired stats
BC Highway Patrol takes 267 impaired drivers off the road in December
Jan 16, 2025
Structure fire
Structure fire at 4th and Dominion
Jan 16, 2025
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Prince George
Urban mayors issue wish list
PRINCE GEORGE - The mayors of BC's largest municipalities have issued a special letter identifying certain expectations of government, now that Premier David Eby has presented ministerial mandate letters.Mandate letters outline the objectives that each minister will work to accomplish, as well as the pressing challenge...
14m ago
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Downtown fire
Prince George Fire Rescue Chief speaks on downtown blaze
PRINCE GEORGE - Nothing is left of the old second hand shop on Fourth Avenue and Dominion Street, as the fire yesterday completely destroyed the building. "We sent all four fire halls to this fire, so we had 19 firefighters on scene for most of the afternoon and evening. The fire was inside the building, our crews...
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Cougars
Cougars look for bounce back against WHL's best
PRINCE GEORGE- The Cougars are in Spokane preparing for a tough back to back against the Chiefs on Friday and then the league leaders, the Everett Silvertips on Saturday.The team will have to put a much better effort forward than they did this past weekend dropping two straight against Kelowna and Kamloops, 6-3 a piece...
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Impaired stats
BC Highway Patrol takes 267 impaired drivers off the road in December
PRINCE GEORGE - Impaired drivers kept BC Highway Patrol busy over the holiday season.So busy that they took an average of 8.61 impaired drivers off the road every day in December. That's an impaired driver caught every three hours for 31 days."The Winter Impaired Driving Campaign clearly shows that education is no...
Jan 16, 2025
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Northern BC
Impaired stats
BC Highway Patrol takes 267 impaired drivers off the road in December
PRINCE GEORGE - Impaired drivers kept BC Highway Patrol busy over the holiday season.So busy that they took an average of 8.61 impaired drivers off the road every day in December. That's an impaired driver caught every three hours for 31 days."The Winter Impaired Driving Campaign clearly shows that education is no...
Jan 16, 2025
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Suspicious death
RCMP investigating suspicious death in Vanderhoof
VANDERHOOF - Mounties are investigating a suspicious death in Vanderhoof.RCMP say they were called to a home in the 100 block of 5th Street for a well-being check on Tuesday (Jan14).When they arrived, they discovered a dead 65-year-old man with injuries inside the home. The RCMP's North District Major Crime Unit has ta...
Jan 15, 2025
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New hospital opens its door in Fort St. James
FORT ST. JAMES - People in Fort St. James and area will have enhanced access to health care in state-of-the-art surroundings when their new hospital opens on Tuesday with a health centre opening a week later."We're thrilled to announce that the new hospital is opening to patients in Fort St. James, increasing acce...
Jan 13, 2025
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More needs to be done, even twenty years after
PRINCE GEORGE - It was two decades ago the mothers, and sisters of missing and murdered women along Highway 16 made heart-wrenching pleas to hundreds at the CN centre. It served as a catalyst to a series of events - even at a national level - to address the crisis of murdered and missing women along what became known a...
Jan 09, 2025
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Cariboo Region
Workplace incident in Quesnel claims life of 24-year-old man
QUESNEL - A workplace incident claimed the life of a 24-year-old male worker in Quesnel Friday morning (Jan.17).Quesnel RCMP, Emergency Health Services and the Quesnel Fire Department responded to the incident at approximately 10:18 a.m. at a mill on Carradice Road. Few details have been released but police and WorkSaf...
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Politics
Sheldon Clare to host transportation town hall in Quesnel
QUESNEL - Prince George-North Cariboo Conservative MLA and Deputy Whip Sheldon Clare will host a transportation town hall at the Quesnel Senior's Centre (461 Carson Ave) Friday night (Jan.17) from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.He will be joined by Harman Bhangu, the Conservative MLA for Langley-Abbotsford and also the party's Transp...
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Crime
Quesnel RCMP investigate weekend home invasion
QUESNEL - Quesnel RCMP are investigating a home invasion that occurred early Sunday morning (Jan.12).Police say it occurred just after 2 .a.m on the 300-block of Hoy Street. Two suspects broke into a home, sprayed the victim with bear spray and damaged several items. RCMP say the suspects were identified as an armed 26...
Jan 13, 2025
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Charges Laid in Stabbing Death
Manslaughter charges laid after suspicious death in Anahim Lake
CARIBOO - A 22-year-old man is facing a manslaughter charge in connection with the suspicious death of a 26-year-old at a house near Nimpo Lake in the Cariboo. The RCMP in nearby Anahim Lake say charges have been approved against Winston Tallio, who remains in custody pending his next court appearance on Feb. 4 at the ...
Jan 05, 2025
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Sports
Cougars
Cougars look for bounce back against WHL's best
PRINCE GEORGE- The Cougars are in Spokane preparing for a tough back to back against the Chiefs on Friday and then the league leaders, the Everett Silvertips on Saturday.The team will have to put a much better effort forward than they did this past weekend dropping two straight against Kelowna and Kamloops, 6-3 a piece...
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Cougars
Cougars acquisitions take part in first home practice at CN Centre
PRINCE GEORGE- The Cougars hit the CN Centre ice with a couple of their trade deadline acquisitions hitting the home ice for their first practice in Prince George.The Cats acquired forward Ben Riche from the Saskatoon Blades who leads the team in goals (25) and points (57), and is top ten in the league scoring as well....
Jan 15, 2025
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Spruce Kings Signing
Spruce Kings sign two players after back-to-back wins over Bulldogs
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have signed a pair of players for the rest of the 2024-2025 BCHL season. The team announced the signing of 19-year-old centre Corson Maguire and 18-year-old goaltender Benjamin Polhill Sunday (Jan. 12) afternoon. Maguire, a five-foot-10 Toronto native has 14 goals and 16 a...
Jan 12, 2025
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Canada
Liberal leadership race: A look at the potential candidates
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau. Candidates must declare by Jan. 23 and pay a $350,000 fee to enter the race. The winner will be named on March 9. Here's a quick look at who's in and who's out. Who's in Chandra Arya Arya...
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Supreme Court to decide next week whether to hear challenge to Quebec secularism law
MONTREAL - The Supreme Court of Canada will announce next week whether it will hear a challenge to Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21. The groups seeking leave to appeal say they have been informed the country's highest court is expected to publish its decision on Thursday. In 2024 the Quebec Court of Appeal uph...
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Group says disability benefit at risk unless Ottawa moves quickly on regulations
OTTAWA - An organization advocating for people with disabilities says the new federal disability benefit could be delayed beyond the promised July 1 payment date because the government still hasn't approved the regulations. March of Dimes Canada is launching a campaign today urging Persons with Disabilities Minister Ka...
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Saint John police review up in the air a year after two men exonerated in murder case
FREDERICTON - More than a year after the Saint John, N.B., police chief announced a review of his officers' conduct in the case of two men wrongfully convicted of murder, there is no sign of the promised report. On Jan. 12, 2024, Chief Robert Bruce said he had ordered a "comprehensive review" of the investiga...
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Ahead of U.S. TikTok ban, Canadians flock to Chinese 'RedNote' app
OTTAWA - With TikTok facing an imminent ban in the United States, many Canadian users are moving to rival Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu - also known as RedNote - pushing it to the top of download charts in Canada. The ban is being driven by security concerns about TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. C...
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Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre applies to enter Quebec Liberal leadership race
QUÉBEC - Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has officially applied to enter the race to lead the Quebec Liberal Party. Coderre announced last June that he would run for the leadership, but has struggled to get ahead of media reports that he owes roughly $400,000 to the federal and provincial tax agencies. He sa...
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World
Blinken tells AP he's worried Trump administration may abandon key Biden foreign policy initiatives
WASHINGTON (AP) - Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Associated Press that he hopes the incoming Trump administration will press forward with key points in President Joe Biden's foreign policy, including on the Middle East and Ukraine. But in an wide-ranging interview Friday on his last workday as Amer...
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Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton and Palisades fires that erupted last week have collectively burned almost 4 square miles of highly dense parts of Los Angeles, more than d...
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Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton and Palisades fires that erupted last week have collectively burned almost 4 square miles of highly dense parts of Los Angeles, more than d...
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