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Spruce Kings
Spruce Kings new goaltender creates healthy internal competition
PRINCE GEORGE- A week ago, the Spruce Kings added goaltender Ben Polhill from the Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League."The welcome's been good. The guys have been great, team's been great, coaches are good and I'm settling into the billets. It's been really good," said Polhill on his first...
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drive-by
Police investigating late-night drive-by shooting incident near RCMP detachment
.PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Mounties are investigating a drive-by shooting. The shooting occurred overnight between last Thursday and Friday morning at the Royal LePage building on the 1600 block of Fourth Avenue. Investigators were informed of the shooting by staff at the business Friday morning when employees bega...
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'Small item' fire forces evacuation of Hammond Tower
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Fire Rescue responded to a small fire Monday morning (Jan.20) that forced the evacuation of residents at Hammond Tower on Third Avenue.Crews responded to a commercial alarm at around 7:30 a.m. to find that "a small item fire had been extinguished prior to their arrival," says the...
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City Hall
City fires bylaw services manager
PRINCE GEORGE - The City of Prince George has fired its bylaw services manager, Charlotte Peters.The City confirmed she was fired without cause but aren't releasing any further details. The City says it does not comment on personnel issues. Last year, CKPG News profiled Peters as part of its documentary 'On the Frontli...
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Northern BC

More Nechako Watershed research coming
PRINCE GEORGE - The Nechako Watershed is an important piece of the Northern BC landscape. And it's a big one. More than 47,000 kilometres in size. Larger than the size of Belgium. And that's why, in 2019, Rio Tinto joined forces with the University of Northern BC to study that watershed at length. And, during the Natur...
Jan 17, 2025
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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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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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Cariboo Region

Policing
Quesnel RCMP take 54 impaired drivers off the road over 9 months following creation of new traffic unit
QUESNEL - The creation of a new municipal traffic unit in April 2024 in Quesnel helped take 54 impaired drivers off the road in 2024.That's one of the highlights of 2024 according to the Quesnel RCMP who note that calls for service were also up last year.Sgt. Clay Kronebusch says Quesnel RCMP responded to over 11,000 c...
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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 the WestPine MDF Plant on Carradice Road. Few details have been released but po...
Jan 17, 2025
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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...
Jan 17, 2025
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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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Canada

Authorities say a US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont south of border
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said. The death was confirmed by the FBI and Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington. In a statement, the FBI said that in addition to the agent,...
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Alberta government lifts coal mining moratorium, critics say it's 'open season'
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has quietly rescinded its moratorium on new coal exploration and development in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. It's a move critics say means the province has declared open season on renewed coal mining. In a letter to the Alberta Energy Regulator posted to its website Monday,...
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Salmonella linked to recalled mini pastries may have infected nearly 1,600: PHAC
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada said nearly 1,600 people may have been infected with salmonella linked to the recall of mini pastries. The federal agency's director of outbreak management said Monday that calculation is based on the agency's estimation that for every reported case there's another 26.1 in t...
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Environment minister says Donald Trump pulling out of Paris pact is "deplorable"
MONTEBELLO, QUEBEC - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says it's "deplorable" that President Donald Trump is again pulling the U.S. out of the 2015 Paris Accord. He says it's "quite ironic" that President Trump is abandoning the global environmental pact while California is experiencing one of ...
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Federal immigration department to cut more than 3,300 jobs, unions say
OTTAWA - Two federal public service unions say the Immigration Department is set to cut 3,300 jobs. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Canada Employment and Immigration Union say in a joint statement that the department has not said who will be affected by the cuts. The unions say more information is expecte...
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Mass of Arctic air invades parts of Canada, sends mercury plunging
FREDERICTON - A mass of cold air that meandered south from the Arctic has sent temperatures plunging across parts of Canada from New Brunswick to eastern Alberta. Peter Kimbell, meteorologist with Environment Canada, says winds circulating from west to east cause Arctic air to occasionally invade the southern latitudes...
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