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April 21, 2026: CKPG News on Demand
PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Peer Guardians is a peer-led harm reduction and advocacy organization based in Prince George, and they are asking the city to use civic facilities or infrastructure to store equipment. Plus four AEDs have been stolen recently from Masich Place Stadium, creating a financial burden due to the pri...
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Cycling
Challenges for cyclists arrive with warmer weather
PRINCE GEORGE - With the snow melted and warmer temperatures arriving the City of Prince George will be seeing an increase in alternative modes of transportation. Alternative modes of transportation include bicycles, e-bikes, scooters, motorcycles and mobility scooters. It is important for cyclists to understand the ri...
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Celebrating Mother's Day with Sandman
This Mother's Day, give back to the mom or motherly figure in your life with a chance to win The Royal Mom Retreat in partnership with the Sandman Hotel Group. This special relaxation package includes a stay in a Jacuzzi Suite, beautiful flowers, brunch at The Rockford, and more, all designed to help her relax and feel...
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Learn about Pemmican and what it takes to make it with North Waters Wildcraft
Pemmican is one of the oldest and most resilient traditional foods in North America, and North Waters Wildcraft is helping keep that knowledge alive right here in northern British Columbia. Long valued by Indigenous Peoples, pemmican is a high‑energy food traditionally made from dried meat, rendered fat, and sometime...
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Prince George
On Demand
April 21, 2026: CKPG News on Demand
PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Peer Guardians is a peer-led harm reduction and advocacy organization based in Prince George, and they are asking the city to use civic facilities or infrastructure to store equipment. Plus four AEDs have been stolen recently from Masich Place Stadium, creating a financial burden due to the pri...
9h ago
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Cycling
Challenges for cyclists arrive with warmer weather
PRINCE GEORGE - With the snow melted and warmer temperatures arriving the City of Prince George will be seeing an increase in alternative modes of transportation. Alternative modes of transportation include bicycles, e-bikes, scooters, motorcycles and mobility scooters. It is important for cyclists to understand the ri...
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Northern Peer Guardians
Overdose crisis organization need help
PRINCE GEORGE -They are a newly-minted organization that provides emergency outreach, harm reduction services, and rapid overdose response. And Northern Peer Guardians (NPG) join many others with the same interests."I have been working alongside quite a few different agencies," explains Co-Founder Sarah Ferre...
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AED Theft
AED stolen for third time at Masich Place Stadium
PRINCE GEORGE - For the third time since it was first brought to Masich Place Stadium in 2021, the AED (Automated External Defibrillator) at the Stadium has been recently stolen."It's got no resale value, there's nothing in it that people would need. What we see, unfortunately, across our city is some senseless va...
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Special Olympics BC Summer Games
"It's About Joy"
2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games, "It's About Joy"
The 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games brought thousands of smiles and plenty of cheer to Prince George, as close to one thousand athletes from across the province competed in a wide variety of sports across the city. Tommy Osborne takes us through the highlights of the games, including athlete features, medal prese...
Aug 07, 2025
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Special Olympics 2030 National Games
Premier "very enthusiastic backer" of 2030 Special Olympics National Summer Games
PRINCE GEORGE - Even though the 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games just wrapped up, the City already is moving straight into preparing for the chance to host the 2030 Special Olympics National Summer Games. It would bring an estimated $8 million in economic impact for the City, as well as 1700 visitors and a lot of ...
Jul 15, 2025
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Special Olympics
Last day of 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games brings thousands of smiles
PRINCE GEORGE - As the 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games winds down, the athletes and all those involved reflected on what ended up being an incredibly memorable provincial games for Prince George."It is really about joy, it is about lifting one another up, it's about celebrating ability, and that's really wha...
Jul 12, 2025
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Power lifting
Northern B.C. power lifters earn gold medals
PRINCE GEORGE - It was a great weekend for the Region 8 Special Olympics power lifting team, as this small but mighty team saw two of its athletes earn gold medals in their respective categories. Leif Skuggedal and Pierce Northcott earned the honours by completing all six of their lifts."I lifted 259 pounds off th...
Jul 12, 2025
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Northern BC
Avalanche near Johanson Lake claims life of a snowmobiler
PRINCE GEORGE - A snowmobiling trip in the Omineca Mountains of northern British Columbia ended in tragedy on Tuesday when an avalanche buried one rider under almost two metres of snow.The avalanche happened around 5 p.m. near Johanson Lake, about 235 kilometres northwest of Mackenzie.Authorities say two snowmobilers a...
Apr 17, 2026
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VSWP
Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products employees laid off, says they were given little notice of impending curtailment
VANDERHOOF - CKPG News has learned that employees of a mill in Vanderhoof, B.C., have been laid off for over a month now. Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products (VSWP) is a part of the Brink Group of Companies, which is owned by Prince George businessman John Brink. He purchased VSWP from the BID Group of Companies in 2016...
Apr 17, 2026
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Grizzly bear attack
Man survives grizzly bear attack in Vanderhoof
VANDERHOOF - A man was attacked by a grizzly bear on a rural property in the Vanderhoof area last night (April 13).The Conservation Officer Service says at around 5 p.m. a man was walking his off-leash dogs on his farm property when he was attacked by the bear. He was able to scramble under a barbed wire fence and the ...
Apr 14, 2026
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Police incident
RCMP seek witnesses following alleged threats in Fort St James
FORT ST. JAMES - RCMP is seeking witnesses, CCTV footage or dash cam footage following an incident in Fort St. James on Friday (April 10).Police say at approximately 2:20 p.m. that day they received a report of threats at a home on Kenner Road."The suspect was determined to be associated with a green Ford pickup, ...
Apr 13, 2026
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Cariboo Region
MVI
Woman injured in single-vehicle crash in Quesnel
QUESNEL - A woman was injured after a single-vehicle crash on Highway 97 near Priest Road in Quesnel. Mounties say the vehicle drove off the road on Thursday afternoon and struck a hydro pole. A 78-year-old woman was the sole occupant of the vehicle. She was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injur...
Apr 17, 2026
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Shooting
Quesnel man sustains life-threatening injuries in shots fired incident
QUESNEL - The BC RCMP has notified the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of an incident in Quesnel where a man sustained life-threatening injuries.On Wednesday (April 15) just before 4:30 p.m., Quesnel RCMP received a report of a shooting at a home on the 500-block of Nason Street. A man was reportedly shooting m...
Apr 16, 2026
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Lotto 6/49
Quesnel woman 'over the moon' following Lotto 6/49 win
QUESNEL - A Quesnel woman plans to pay off her mortgage after winning $76,199.40 playing Lotto 6/49.Linda S. matched five out of six numbers plus the bonus from the April 8, 2026 draw."I passed my tickets to the retailer," recalled Linda, of the moment she learned she won. "She told me she couldn't cash ...
Apr 14, 2026
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CN Rail's exit puts Quesnel's economy on the wrong track
QUESNEL - CN Rail plans to stop operating a key section of rail in BC, and a city in the Central Interior warns this could harm its economy and those of other small towns along the North-South route. CN Rail is ending its lease on the rail line between Squamish and 100 Mile House, and Quesnel mayor Ron Paull is raising...
Mar 30, 2026
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Sports
Spruce Kings
Defenseman from Burnaby commits to Spruce Kings
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have announced the commitment of 2008-born defenseman Nolan Blankstein for next season.Blankstein hails from Burnaby and has played the last five seasons in the Shawnigan Lake School Program of the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. In two seasons with the U18 Prep team,...
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Cougars
Vees eliminate Cougars in Game 6
PRINCE GEORGE - The Penticton Vees overcame a two-goal third period deficit to defeat the Prince George Cougars 3-2 in overtime before 5,632 fans at the CN Centre Sunday night. With the win, the Vees won the series, 4-2.The Cougars were flying on all cylinders through two periods of play, outshooting their visitors 33-...
Apr 20, 2026
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Spruce Kings 7 Chiefs 2
Spruce Kings' 7-2 win secures 2-0 series lead
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings earned a 7-2 victory over the Chilliwack Chiefs on Saturday night (April 18), securing a 2-0 playoff series lead. The Chiefs opened up the scoreboard 7:37 into the first period with a power play goal from Right Winger Koby Francis. Spruce Kings' Right Defenseman Dracen Cam...
Apr 19, 2026
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Canada
In the news today: Mexico pyramid shooting, Canada-U.S. trade, Tips on buying a car
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... B.C. tourists smile at Mexico pyramid. Behind them, a gunman, moments before killing A haunting photo of B.C. woman Barbara Welsh and her friends shows the moment ...
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'The day the music dies': Organists pipe up to save historical instrument
EDMONTON - Music from a pipe organ has filled a convocation hall at the University of Alberta for a century, but that may soon come to an end as the institution begins renovations that include removing the memorial instrument. Marnie Giesbrecht, profe...
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B.C. tourists smile at Mexico pyramid. Behind them, a gunman, moments before killing
It looks like a typical tourist photo, as British Columbia woman Barbara Welsh and her friends smile near the foot of the famous Pyramid of the Moon at the Teotihuacan site northeast of Mexico City on Monday. But in the background, clambering the pyram...
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Expert says it's time for Canada to amp up efforts to educate Americans on trade
HOUSTON - Piling his shopping bags into his vehicle's trunk outside a Houston grocery store last week, Texan Herman Moreno said he doesn't think Canada has any kind of trading relationship with Texas at all. "Canada better straighten up, bro," he said....
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How 're-wilding' can make Canada's cityscapes more climate resilient and bee friendly
TORONTO - The laneway beside Adam Barnes's house is, at first blush, unremarkable within Toronto's catalogue of backstreets: there are garages, a graffiti-tagged brick wall and a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. The curb used to be dominated...
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MPs approve Annette Ryan as the next Parliamentary Budget Officer in House vote
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament voted Tuesday to approve the appointment of Annette Ryan as Canada's next Parliamentary Budget Officer. MPs approved her appointment in a 164 to 153 vote, with Bloc Québécois and Conservatives voting against her nominatio...
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World
Searchers find body of 1 of 6 missing crew members from ship that overturned during typhoon
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) - Authorities have found the body of one of the six missing crew members from a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon. U.S. Air Force divers "used an underwater remotely operated ...
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Virginia voters approve redistricting plan that could boost Democrats' seats in Congress
Virginia voters approved a mid-decade redistricting plan Tuesday that could boost Democrats' chances of winning four additional U.S. House seats in November's midterm elections that will decide control of the closely divided Congress. The...
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Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments in classrooms, court rules
DALLAS (AP) - Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into classrooms. The 9-8 decision ...
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