Forestry
Forestry groups, MLA call for urgent action as B.C. industry faces growing crisis
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George-North Cariboo Conservative MLA and Opposition House Leader Sheldon Clare is backing a call from 15 forestry organizations for the provincial government to establish a Forestry Crisis Action Group, saying immediate action is needed to protect jobs and keep the industry operating in communit...
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Municipal election
Susan Scott seeking fourth term on Prince George City Council
PRINCE GEORGE - Veteran city councillor Susan Scott is once again putting her name on the ballot, seeking a fourth term on Prince George City Council.First elected in 2014, Scott has spent more than a decade at City Hall and says she remains optimistic about the city's future despite ongoing challenges. She believes Pr...
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CKPG Today Entertainment
PGSO preparing for Pops in the Park featuring 'Broadway Favourites'
The tradition of bringing orchestra music to Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park continues on September 13, 2026 as Pops in the Park with the Prince George Symphony Orchestra continues with 'Broadway Favourites' details on the full lineup available here.
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CKPG Today Fun Stuff
UNBC welcomes back students to campus with Agorapalooza
The University of Northern BC welcomed students back to campus with a party for the ages complete with axe throwing, cornhole, and even poker! We took part and caught up with interim President Dr. Bill Owen.
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What's Trending
Croft Road
Council approves Croft Road variance
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Development
Skakun says major FedEx facility coming to Prince George
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2026 municipal elections
Elev8 Prince George shifts strategy, unveils list of six incumbents it opposes
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Forestry
Forestry groups, MLA call for urgent action as B.C. industry faces growing crisis
12h ago
Municipal election
Susan Scott seeking fourth term on Prince George City Council
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Prince George
Croft Road
Council approves Croft Road variance
PRINCE GEORGE - A controversial development dispute in Prince George's Hart neighbourhood has been resolved after city council approved a variance for a home under construction at 2239 Croft Road, allowing the project to move forward despite a significant setback issue caused by a city permitting error.The decision, ap...
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Development
Skakun says major FedEx facility coming to Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George City Councillor Brian Skakun says a major investment by FedEx is another sign the city is becoming an increasingly important transportation and logistics hub for northern British Columbia.Skakun says FedEx signed a lease Thursday for a new facility on Boundary Road, which he describes as t...
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2026 municipal elections
Elev8 Prince George shifts strategy, unveils list of six incumbents it opposes
PRINCE GEORGE - A local group that initially promised to endorse eight candidates in Prince George's upcoming municipal election has dramatically changed course, opting instead to publicly identify six incumbent politicians it believes voters should reconsider supporting.The change was announced during the inaugural El...
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Forestry
Forestry groups, MLA call for urgent action as B.C. industry faces growing crisis
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George-North Cariboo Conservative MLA and Opposition House Leader Sheldon Clare is backing a call from 15 forestry organizations for the provincial government to establish a Forestry Crisis Action Group, saying immediate action is needed to protect jobs and keep the industry operating in communit...
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Northern BC
2026 Municipal Elections
Mackenzie council candidate Kathleen Westergaard pitches industrial renewal, housing maintenance and wildlife safety
MACKENZIE - District of Mackenzie council candidate Kathleen Westergaard says economic development, better use of existing resources and improved public safety are among the key issues driving her campaign.Speaking with CKPG News, Westergaard said she decided to run for council because she believes the community needs ...
Sep 09, 2026
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Tour de North
Cops for Cancer Tour de North schedule unveiled
PRINCE GEORGE - Nearly 13 first responders and community riders in Northern B.C. will begin a seven-day, 850-kilometre cycling journey in just over a week's time. Cops for Cancer Tour de North will begin in Fort St. John on Sept. 11 and wrap up in Williams Lake on Sept. 17. RCMP say the riders will visit multiple commu...
Sep 05, 2026
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Two horse power
Former Vanderhoof sheep farmers embark on cross-Canada journey by horse and wagon
VANDERHOOF - After years of dreaming, planning and preparing, a Vanderhoof couple is about to trade modern transportation for horsepower as they set off on an ambitious journey across Canada.Ankie and Will Nellen will leave Vanderhoof over the Labour Day weekend with a team of Percheron horses named Jazz and Jay, begin...
Sep 03, 2026
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IIO
IIO concludes investigation into Prince George RCMP arrest
The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. has concluded its investigation into an arrest involving Prince George RCMP and a commercial truck driver earlier this summer.The incident occurred on August 10, 2026, shortly after 3:30 p.m., when an RCMP officer stopped a commercial truck travelling south on Highway 97 ne...
Sep 02, 2026
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Municipal Election 2026
2026 municipal elections
Elev8 Prince George shifts strategy, unveils list of six incumbents it opposes
PRINCE GEORGE - A local group that initially promised to endorse eight candidates in Prince George's upcoming municipal election has dramatically changed course, opting instead to publicly identify six incumbent politicians it believes voters should reconsider supporting.The change was announced during the inaugural El...
12h ago
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Municipal election
Susan Scott seeking fourth term on Prince George City Council
PRINCE GEORGE - Veteran city councillor Susan Scott is once again putting her name on the ballot, seeking a fourth term on Prince George City Council.First elected in 2014, Scott has spent more than a decade at City Hall and says she remains optimistic about the city's future despite ongoing challenges. She believes Pr...
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Municipal election
Monica Peacock puts focus on student support in school trustee bid
PRINCE GEORGE - Longtime community volunteer Monica Peacock says her passion for helping children and families is driving her campaign for a seat on the School District 57 Board of Education.Peacock, who was named Prince George's Citizen of the Year in 2012, said she has spent decades giving back to the community throu...
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Municipal election
Okechukwu launches Prince George City Council campaign
PRINCE GEORGE - Anthony Okechukwu has officially entered the race for Prince George City Council, saying accountability, affordable housing for seniors and support for local businesses will be the cornerstones of his campaign.Okechukwu recently completed the nomination process and is now on the ballot for the upcoming ...
Sep 09, 2026
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Cariboo Region
Reported Stolen Truck
Four people arrested after stolen pickup truck rams into Quesnel RCMP vehicles
QUESNEL, B.C. - Four people were arrested after a stolen vehicle reportedly rammed police cars in Quesnel and attempted to flee. At around 5:00 a.m. Thursday (Sept. 10), Quesnel RCMP say a white Ford F-350 pickup truck was reported stolen out of Hixon earlier in the morning. RCMP say officers found the truck in the Que...
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Williams Lake Library Renovations
Pop-up library services to open outside Williams Lake branch amid temporary closure
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Bookworms in the Williams Lake area in need of library services will get some reprieve amid the temporary closure of the city's branch. The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) says a pop-up library will open outside the Williams Lake branch doors on 180 3 Ave. N, offering a limited selection of books,...
Sep 05, 2026
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Big Bar Complex of Wildfires
Massive wildfires near Clinton, South Cariboo classified as 'being held'
CLINTON, B.C. - The massive wildfires that forced the evacuation of the Village of Clinton, the surrounding area and other portions of the South Cariboo are now classified as "being held." In an update shortly before noon Saturday (Sept. 5), the BC Wildfire Service says the Pear Lake wildfire is projected to ...
Sep 05, 2026
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Tour de North
Cops for Cancer Tour de North schedule unveiled
PRINCE GEORGE - Nearly 13 first responders and community riders in Northern B.C. will begin a seven-day, 850-kilometre cycling journey in just over a week's time. Cops for Cancer Tour de North will begin in Fort St. John on Sept. 11 and wrap up in Williams Lake on Sept. 17. RCMP say the riders will visit multiple commu...
Sep 05, 2026
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Sports
Oil Kings 6 Cougars 0
Cougars drop first game to Oil Kings as part of pre-season weekend in Tumbler Ridge
TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C. - The Prince George Cougars dropped the first of their two Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season games in Tumbler Ridge. The Cats were shut out by the Edmonton Oil Kings 6-0 Friday (Sept. 4). A scoring summary was not provided by the WHL online. As part of the WHL pre-season weekend, the District o...
Sep 05, 2026
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T-Wolves Soccer
Timberwolves soccer teams drop pair of matches at home to open their season
PRINCE GEORGE - The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) Timberwolves are 0-1 to start the 2026 Canada West season. The T-Wolves women's soccer team was shut out by the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack 1-0 in their home opener at Masich Place Friday (Sept. 4). Goalkeeper Johanna Rathke made seven sav...
Sep 05, 2026
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Spruce Kings
Spruce Kings open training camp with high hopes
PRINCE GEORGE- The Prince George Spruce Kings are back on the ice and ready to begin the journey toward what they hope will be a memorable season as training camp officially gets underway.Following a campaign that showed plenty of promise and gave the team a taste of postseason success, the Spruce Kings enter camp with...
Sep 04, 2026
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Canada
In the news today: Gander remembers 9/11, Carney cabinet meetings wrap, TIFF Day 2
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Thousands expected in Gander, N.L., for ceremony marking 9/11 attacks 25 years ago Thousands are expected to fill an arena in central Newfoundland today for a sole...
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Sept. 11 first responders to attend B.C. border ceremony on anniversary of attacks
SURREY - New York first responders on Sept. 11, 2001, are expected to be among the guests at a British Columbia memorial marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks. Organizers say they're among hundreds of first responders attending the annual Northwe...
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Carney's cabinet enters final day of closed-door meetings in Banff
BANFF - Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet is set to meet for a second and final day of meetings in the Alberta Rocky Mountain resort town of Banff as ministers prepare for the fall sitting of Parliament. The meetings are taking place as the province...
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Thousands expected in Gander, N.L., for ceremony marking 9/11 attacks 25 years ago
GANDER - Thousands are expected to fill an arena in central Newfoundland today for a solemn ceremony remembering those killed in terrorist attacks in the United States 25 years ago. Thirty-eight planes carrying more than 6,500 passengers were grounded ...
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Canada won't even hit 2030 emissions target by 2050, new study suggests
OTTAWA - A new study released Friday suggests that Canada is on track to miss its 2030 emissions target under the Paris Agreement - and it won't even reach it by 2050, the year it was supposed to hit net-zero. The analysis, published by the Canadian Cl...
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Quebec political leaders talk independence and trains on election campaign trail
MONTREAL - The leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, Christine Fréchette, is declining to say whether she supports Quebec independence while on the provincial election campaign trail. "My personal position is not important," she told journalists. "It...
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World
Emma Bonino, leader of abortion and divorce battles that changed Italy, dies aged 78, her party says
ROME (AP) - Emma Bonino, who rose to political prominence as a leader of campaigns by the Radical Party that legalized abortion and divorce in the 1970s in heavily Roman Catholic Italy, against the objections of the Vatican, has died. She was 78. ...
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Police say 5 dead, 40 injured in tour bus crash in eastern Switzerland
GENEVA (AP) - Police say five people have died and 40 others were injured after a Dutch tour bus slammed into a roadside crash barrier and overturned in eastern Switzerland. The bus, with 45 people on board, overturned Thursday afternoon ...
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Philippine firefighters enter charred ferry as rescuers search for 84 missing
CORON, Philippines (AP) - Firefighters entered a charred ferry in Philippine waters on Friday after a fire two nights earlier left five people dead and 84 missing and produced heat and smoke that prevented search and rescue efforts onboard. ...
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