Provincial politics
Rustad unveils Conservative Party's shadow cabinet
VICTORIA - Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad has unveiled his shadow cabinet. Those appointed include Prince George Mackenzie MLA Kiel Giddens, who will be Shadow Minister for Labour. Prince George-Valemount MLA Rosalyn Bird is Shadow Minister for Citizens Services' while Prince George-North Cariboo MLA Sheld...
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Wanted Wednesday
Man wanted for assaulting a police officer and other offences
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Mounties need your help finding a wanted person.Police say 20-year-old Randy Kim Collier is wanted on six unendorsed warrants in Prince George and Chilliwack for the following:Assaulting a police officerBreach of release order (6 counts)Wearing a mask with the intent to commit an indictabl...
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CKPG Today Entertainment
Champions of the North event featuring elite young athletes
Catch some of our local boxing, MMA, kickboxing, and wrestling superstars this Saturday at the Roll-A-Dome in the Champions of the North! Hear more from Ben 'Riccochet' Ruttan from Inner City Boxing, and Carter 'Vanilla Gorilla' Johnson from Kaiten MMA. Find more info and tickets here.
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CKPG Today Fun Stuff
What goes into making natural foraged infused lip balm with North Waters Wildcraft
A good lip balm can make living in Northern BC a lot better during the winter months, there's no debating that! In spirit of that fact, we go into detail with North Waters Wildcraft on what goes into making natural foraged infused lip balm.
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City of Prince George
City and CUPE ratify three-year collective agreement
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Living wage in Prince George up 3.8 per cent
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Provincial politics
Rustad unveils Conservative Party's shadow cabinet
VICTORIA - Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad has unveiled his shadow cabinet. Those appointed include Prince George Mackenzie MLA Kiel Giddens, who will be Shadow Minister for Labour. Prince George-Valemount MLA Rosalyn Bird is Shadow Minister for Citizens Services' while Prince George-North Cariboo MLA Sheld...
A few minutes ago
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Wanted Wednesday
Man wanted for assaulting a police officer and other offences
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Mounties need your help finding a wanted person.Police say 20-year-old Randy Kim Collier is wanted on six unendorsed warrants in Prince George and Chilliwack for the following:Assaulting a police officerBreach of release order (6 counts)Wearing a mask with the intent to commit an indictabl...
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Radio
iHeartRadio Canada Adds 51 Stations From Pattison Media
TORONTO - Bell Media's iHeartRadio Canada and Pattison Media announced today that Pattison Media's 51 radio stations are now available on the iHeartRadio Canada platform. The new partnership sees even more of Canada's popular radio stations join iHeartRadio Canada's extensive library, which includes music channels, rad...
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City of Prince George
City and CUPE ratify three-year collective agreement
PRINCE GEORGE - The City of Prince George and its outside workers (CUPE locals 399 & 1048) have ratified a new three-year collective agreement.The agreement is effective from January 1, 2024, through to December 31, 2026.The three-year agreement includes the following annual wage increases for staff:Year one: a gen...
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Northern BC
Recreation
Powder King to open Friday
POWDER KING - Good news for outdoor enthusiasts.Powder King Mountain Resort is opening up this Friday (Nov.22).In a social media post, the resort says it has amazing snow conditions thanks to heavy snowfall, including 80 centimetres over the past 24 hours.The lifts will be running Friday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.The res...
Nov 19, 2024
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Missing Trio
Fort St. John RCMP looking for missing father and two children
FORT ST. JOHN - Police in Fort St. John are asking for help in finding a father and his two children who haven't been seen since Friday, Nov. 15.RCMP say the family of Aaron Hume asked police to check in on the 38-year-old and his two children, 10-year-old son Michael and 7-year-old Angelique.Mounties say Aaron may be ...
Nov 17, 2024
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Kittens rescued
7 kittens rescued from hazardous & unhealthy living conditions in Fort St. James
FORT ST. JAMES - A BC SPCA animal protection officer rescued seven nine-week-old kittens in Fort St. James.The SPCA says they were rescued from what appeared to be an abandoned home after receiving a complaint from the public. "The officer arrived to find one of the windows at the front of the house broken and gla...
Nov 15, 2024
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Transportation
Drivers beware: Snowfall warning in Pine Pass
PRINCE GEORGE - Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Pine Pass.Fifteen to twenty centimetres of snow is expected to fall by Thursday morning. The snowfall is being attributed to a frontal system moving through northern B.C."Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locatio...
Nov 13, 2024
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Cariboo Region
Snowfall Warning
Environment Canada issues snowfall warning for Prince George, Cariboo
PRINCE GEORGE - Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for parts of the Cariboo Saturday, Nov. 16.It says areas near the Cariboo Mountains including Wells, Likely, Hendrix Lake and along higher terrain in Prince George will get between 10 and 20 cms of snow today.Areas of Highway 16 are also covered by the sn...
Nov 16, 2024
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Crime
Hatchet and knife-wielding robbery suspect arrested in Quesnel
QUESNEL - Mounties in Quesnel arrested 19-year-old David Wesley following a violent incident Sunday afternoon.RCMP say the incident occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m., when police allege Wesley attempted to steal several items from a hardware store on the 100 block of Reid Street."Staff attempted to intervene in ...
Nov 12, 2024
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Events
Barkerville's Olde-Fashioned Christmas returns for second weekend in December
CARIBOO- Barkerville Historic Town & Park has announced the return of their Olde-Fashioned Christmas event. Taking place from December 14 to 15 the historic site promises a weekend of festive cheer and delightful experiences for everyone."We're excited to bring back Olde-Fashioned Christmas," says Carrie ...
Nov 06, 2024
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Wind Warning
Wind warning issued for the Cariboo
CLINTON, B.C. - A wind warning is in effect for the Cariboo Monday (Nov. 4). The warning from Environment Canada covers the Cariboo, Chilcotin, Lakes District, Stuart Nechako and Highway 97 from Clinton to 100 Mile House. It's due to a strong Pacific frontal system that will push into B.C.'s interior stating Monday mor...
Nov 04, 2024
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Sports
BCHL
Spruce Kings announce player commitment
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have announced the commitment of 2007 born defenseman Vincent Croteau for the 2025-2026 season.Croteau is 6'4, 193-pounds from Carignan, Quebec, who has spent the last three seasons playing for Shawnigan Lake School U18 Prep of the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. In 1...
Nov 18, 2024
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Timberwolves Recap
Timberwolves drop weekend set in Regina
REGINA, SASK. - The UNBC Timberwolves continue to search for their elusive first win in Canada West men's basketball action. They dropped to 0-6 after a 100-72 defeat to the Regina Cougars on the road Saturday, Nov. 16, and sit in the basement on the Pacific Division.Evgeny Baukin's 23 point effort on Saturday matched ...
Nov 17, 2024
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Rockets 5 Cougars 4
Rockets score twice in final 90 seconds to hand Cougars 5-4 loss
PRINCE GEORGE - The Kelowna Rockets scored a pair of goals inside the final 90 seconds to beat the Prince George Cougars 5-4 at the CN Centre Saturday night (Nov. 17). Trailing 3-1 midway through the second, the Cougars scored three unanswered courtesy Borya Valis' second of the game, Hunter Laing, and Koehn Ziemmer, t...
Nov 17, 2024
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Canada
Coroner's inquest into 2016 death of Ottawa man hears from ex-cop involved in arrest
OTTAWA - A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest says the incident still affects him eight years later. A coroner's inquest into the July 2016 death of 38-year-old Abdirahman Abdi began earlier this week, with witnesses testifying today. Abdi died after police respo...
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Montreal unveils 2025 budget with new spending for housing, homelessness
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is promising to speed up construction permits, raise taxes on owners of vacant lots and spend tens of millions of dollars more to help develop affordable housing as part of its 2025 budget. The $7.28 billion budget unveiled today by Mayor Valérie Plante includes a promise to incre...
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Young Quebecers care less than older people about being served in English: survey
MONTREAL - A new survey conducted for Quebec's language watchdog says young Quebecers are far less interested compared to older residents about being served in English in stores. In a report published this week, the watchdog says 41 per cent of customers between the ages of 18 and 34 reported feeling indifferent to bei...
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Randy Boissonnault leaves Liberal cabinet, prime minister says
OTTAWA - Randy Boissonnault is leaving his post as employment minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet after weeks of questions about the Edmonton MP's past claims of Indigenous identity. Boissonnault has been under intense scrutiny after reporting from the National Post that raised questions about his past ...
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Canadians favour government intervention in Canada Post, port labour disputes: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians are supportive of government intervention in the labour disputes at ports and at Canada Post. Polling firm Leger found 63 per cent of respondents to a new survey were in favour of the Liberal government's move to step in and ask the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order a res...
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Radio
iHeartRadio Canada Adds 51 Stations From Pattison Media
TORONTO - Bell Media's iHeartRadio Canada and Pattison Media announced today that Pattison Media's 51 radio stations are now available on the iHeartRadio Canada platform. The new partnership sees even more of Canada's popular radio stations join iHeartRadio Canada's extensive library, which includes music channels, rad...
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World
Republicans on the House Ethics Committee reject releasing report on Matt Gaetz
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted Wednesday against releasing a report on their long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the top Democrat on the panel said. Democratic Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania said the eth...
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Former UVA student pleads guilty in 2022 mass shooting that left 3 dead, 2 wounded
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A former University of Virginia student pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the Charlottesville campus in 2022. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravate...
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Jasmine Paolini and Italy beat Slovakia to win the Billie Jean King Cup
MALAGA, Spain (AP) - Two-time Grand Slam finalist Jasmine Paolini capped a breakthrough season by leading Italy to its first Billie Jean King Cup title since 2013 on Wednesday, defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2, 6-1 to seal a 2-0 victory over Slovakia in the final of the women's team competition. When Paolini's win ended,...
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