To Your Health
Is vitamin C good for a cold?
PRINCE GEORGE-Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps with your bodies healing process, absorbing and storing iron, and is needed to form blood vessels cartilage, muscle and collagen. But, will it help you cure your cold? A local pharmacist says that if you're not suffering from scurvy the effects are minimal.Brett Chai...
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Collision
Fabricland employees trapped after transport truck damages front of building
PRINCE GEORGE - Fabricland says that their employees were briefly trapped inside after a semi-truck collided with their building around 11 a.m. Tuesday morning (Jan.21).Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement say an accident on Highway 97 created a detour onto Austin Road. However according to Fabricland employees so...
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CKPG Today Health
Easy ways to improve your eating from a Registered Dietitian
Are you looking to start 2025 on a good note when it comes to eating healthy? Hear some simple advice from Hao-Yi Sim a Registered Dietician with Northern Health. Plus try this lentil soup recipe.
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CKPG Today Entertainment
Vance Nevada aka 'Mr. Beefy Goodness' ready to conquer Primetime Wrestling
Pro Wrestling returns to the PG Conference and Civic Centre this weekend with several big matches on the card including Vance Nevada vs. Prince George. 'Mr. Beefy Goodness' joins the show to tell our viewers he is ready for anyone and everyone when the bell rings Friday and Saturday. Tickets are available at Scrapbook ...
Jan 21, 2025
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To Your Health
Is vitamin C good for a cold?
PRINCE GEORGE-Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps with your bodies healing process, absorbing and storing iron, and is needed to form blood vessels cartilage, muscle and collagen. But, will it help you cure your cold? A local pharmacist says that if you're not suffering from scurvy the effects are minimal.Brett Chai...
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Trump Reactions
Northern B.C. politicians react to Trump's inauguration
PRINCE GEORGE - President Donald Trump was sworn in as the USA's 47th president during Monday's inauguration, prompting a wide variety of responses from politicians all across Canada. Here in Northern B.C., Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Taylor Bachrach is concerned about the impacts Trump could have on our country."...
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Collision
Fabricland employees trapped after transport truck damages front of building
PRINCE GEORGE - Fabricland says that their employees were briefly trapped inside after a semi-truck collided with their building around 11 a.m. Tuesday morning (Jan.21).Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement say an accident on Highway 97 created a detour onto Austin Road. However according to Fabricland employees so...
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Tariffs are coming
PRINCE GEORGE - It was the moment a lot of Canadians were waiting for. The inauguration of President Donald Trump, amid threats of 25 per cent tariffs on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico. It didn't happen when Trump pushed his deadline to impose tariffs to February 1. "It is a significant threat," says...
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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...
Jan 20, 2025
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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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Sports
Hockey
Spruce Kings commit new forward
PRINCE GEORGE- The Prince George Spruce Kings will have a new player next season as River Arnason joins the frontline. Bron in 2008, Arnason is 5'9" and 152-pounds. He spent his last three seasons playing for Rink Hockey Academy Winnipeg of the Canadian Sport School Hockey League.With the U18 Prep team, the Winnip...
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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...
Jan 21, 2025
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UNBC Basketball Recap
Two TWolves record career-highs in defeat to Spartans
PRINCE GEORGE - Viktoriia Filatova and Marcus Wilson recorded career-highs at Brownridge Court as the UNBC Timberwolves dropped a pair of home games against the Trinity Western Spartans Saturday (Jan. 18) night.In women's action, the TWolves dropped to 3-9, after an 88-62 defeat to the 7-5 Spartans. Filatova, a second-...
Jan 19, 2025
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Canada
Snowboarding Jan. 6 rioter still in B.C. custody after Trump pardon
VANCOUVER - An American man recently found guilty of rioting at the U.S. Capitol four years ago remains in immigration custody in British Columbia, even after being given a presidential pardon for his actions. But the lawyer for 32-year-old Anthony Vo says his client plans to drop his asylum claim in Canada and he expe...
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Dragons' Den's Arlene Dickinson says Kevin O'Leary's ovations to Trump not helpful
MONTEBELLO, QUE. - One of Canada's "Dragons' Den" stars is breathing fire at a former co-star over Canada's approach to the Donald Trump White House. Arlene Dickinson, an investor who appears on the popular reality TV show, says former "Dragon" Kevin O'Leary's recent comments are not helpful as Pres...
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From immigration to intelligence: 5 ways Trump's executive orders could affect Canada
OTTAWA - While U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Canada is alarming enough, other measures he announced Monday after his inauguration could have their own implications for Canada. Here are five Trump directives that could affect Canadians: Pressure to scrap Facebook tax Canada implemented a digi...
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B.C. Premier David Eby asks Canadians to think carefully about spending money in U.S.
Premier David Eby says British Columbians should rethink trips to the United States and purchases of American products, as the province establishes a task force to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs. He says the proposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports would be a "deliberate econom...
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Final report of foreign interference inquiry to be made public next Tuesday
OTTAWA - The final report of the federal inquiry into foreign interference is set for public release next Tuesday. The commission of inquiry's most recent public hearings looked at the ability of agencies and officials to identify and counter foreign meddling. The inquiry also held a series of policy roundtables to hel...
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Canadian doc says WHO headquarters 'stressed, devastated' as Trump orders U.S. exit
TORONTO - A Canadian global health specialist says staff at the World Health Organization are "devastated" by President Donald Trump's executive order to pull the U.S. out of the agency. Dr. Madhukar Pai, the Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology and Global Health, is at the WHO headquarters in Geneva this we...
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World
LA's Olympic venues spared by wildfires, but city's rebuild could impact Games' runup
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The devastation wrought by the deadly wildfires that ravaged sections of Los Angeles have left an indelible imprint on the region's landscape and psyche. The runup to the city hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, in addition to World Cup matches in 2026 and a Super Bowl in '27, will coin...
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Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) - Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball's Hall of Fame, voted in Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. The trio will be inducted into the Hall at Cooperstown on July 27 along with Dave Parker and Dick Allen, voted in last month by the classic era committee. ___ AP M...
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Trump administration throws out policies limiting migrant arrests at sensitive spots like churches
WASHINGTON (AP) - Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen. The move announced Tuesday reverses guidance that for over a decade has restricted two k...
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