Local boxers
Local boxers shine at recent tournament
PRINCE GEORGE - The Inner City Boxing PG Wardogs boxing team impressed in the recent Alberta Silver Gloves championships in Medicine Hat, as 12 year old Audrey Edmunds and 16 year old Thunder Innis won their fights by unanimous decision."It was going really good. I definitely stood out in the first two rounds and ...
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Tourism Prince George looking positive
PRINCE GEORGE - The new Visitor Information adjacent to the Conference ad Civic Centre is in the move-in stage, gearing up for the busy tourism season. But even with an abbreviated summer season with operations handled from a sea can in Canada Games Plaza, they saw a 15 per cent increase in visitation over the summer b...
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Learn about Prince George icon Wally West and how his legacy lives on today
Prince George is the home of many great stories over its history including the story of esteemed photographer Wally West. We share more about the man behind the lens of some iconic moments and how his legacy lives on through W.D. West today by one of the men he hired!
Jan 25, 2025
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Behind the design: Hear from artist Kobe Antoine about his Indigenous Cougars logo
Dakelh artist Kobe Antoine had his design chosen for this years special edition Prince George Cougars Indigenous jerseys set to be worn on the ice January 24 and 25 by the club. We caught up with Kobe to talk about his design process, his longtime roots here in Northern BC and more! Limited tickets are available at Tic...
Jan 24, 2025
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Independent Investigation Office clears Mackenzie officer following a death on June 1, 2024
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Prince George Humane Society is inundated with puppies
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Local boxers
Local boxers shine at recent tournament
PRINCE GEORGE - The Inner City Boxing PG Wardogs boxing team impressed in the recent Alberta Silver Gloves championships in Medicine Hat, as 12 year old Audrey Edmunds and 16 year old Thunder Innis won their fights by unanimous decision."It was going really good. I definitely stood out in the first two rounds and ...
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Crime
Independent Investigation Office clears Mackenzie officer following a death on June 1, 2024
PRINCE GEORGE- The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of B.C. has concluded its investigation into a police-involved shooting death of a man in Mackenzie.The IIO report the situation began on June 1, 2024 when an individual allegedly tried to cash a fraudulent cheque. The teller reported it to the police when she ...
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Tourism Prince George looking positive
PRINCE GEORGE - The new Visitor Information adjacent to the Conference ad Civic Centre is in the move-in stage, gearing up for the busy tourism season. But even with an abbreviated summer season with operations handled from a sea can in Canada Games Plaza, they saw a 15 per cent increase in visitation over the summer b...
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Furever Friends
Prince George Humane Society is inundated with puppies
PRINCE GEORGE- The PG Humane Society on Landsdowne Road is being terrorized by a litter of 8 puppies. Which is why they are hoping you will adopt one.The puppies came from Fort St. James with their mother Sasha. Jamie Walsh, lead operations of the PG Humane Society says that judging by how sweet and gentle Sasha is, th...
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Local boxers
Local boxers shine at recent tournament
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Crime
Independent Investigation Office clears Mackenzie officer following a death on June 1, 2024
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Tourism Prince George looking positive
5h ago
Furever Friends
Prince George Humane Society is inundated with puppies
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Crime
Police charge one man in connection with Dawson Creek Shooting
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Northern BC
Crime
Police charge one man in connection with Dawson Creek Shooting
NORTHERN B.C.- The B.C. Prosecution Service have approved charges for a shooting that took place in Dawson Creek on January 19. Nolan Douglas Schmidt has been charged with second degree murder after a man was found dead on 102nd Avenue. The second individual that police located at a nearby hotel is still in the hospita...
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Crime
One dead, another injured in Dawson Creek shooting
DAWSON CREEK-On Sunday, January 19, shortly after 11:00 p.m., Dawson Creek RCMP received reports of gunfire on 102nd Avenue.Upon arrival, police located an adult male who was deceased. While investigating the scene they received a second report of shots fired at a nearby hotel. When the RCMP arrived at the hotel, they ...
Jan 23, 2025
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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."...
Jan 22, 2025
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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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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
Cross Country Skiing
Caledonia Nordic Ski Club to host 2025 Teck BC Cup #2 in February
PRINCE GEORGE - The Caledonia Nordic Ski Club will be hosting the 2025 Teck BC Cup #2 the weekend of Feb. 14 to 16, 2025.This cross-country event will bring skiers of all ages and skill levels from across the province to compete in classic and free technique rances in Prince George."We are thrilled to host the Tec...
Jan 26, 2025
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UNBC Basketball Recap
TWolves drop pair of games against TRU WolfPack
KAMLOOPS - Viktoriia Filatova set another career-high for the UNBC Timberwolves but it was the TRU WolfPack who came away with the 73-61 win Saturday (Jan. 26) night in Kamloops.The WolfPack snapped a lengthy losing streak with their first win since Nov. 11, 2023 in their final home game of the 2024/25 Canada West seas...
Jan 26, 2025
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Cougars give up four unanswered goals in 5-2 defeat to Blazers
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars gave up four unanswered goals in the second period as the Kamloops Blazers came away with a 5-2 win at the CN Centre Saturday (Jan. 25) night. Led by former Cougar Oren Shtrom's three point night, the Blazers chased Joshua Ravensbergen from the crease after he allowed three goa...
Jan 26, 2025
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Canada
Navy identifies sailor who died after small boat capsized in Halifax harbour
HALIFAX - The Royal Canadian Navy has identified the sailor who died Friday after a small boat capsized in the north end of Halifax harbour. Commodore Jacob French, commander of Canadian Fleet Atlantic, says Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Applin was one of two sailors who were thrown into the cold water at around 10 p...
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Canada stops letting cross-border hikers enter B.C. via Pacific Crest Trail
OTTAWA - The Canadian Border Services Agency says hikers on a trail that crosses into British Columbia from Washington state will no longer be allowed to proceed without first entering Canada through a designated entry point. The agency has announced it will stop issuing permits for people to enter Canada on the Pacifi...
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Police divers recover body from sunken vehicle after Yukon ice-fishing tragedy
WHITEHORSE - Yukon RCMP say one person is dead after a vehicle plunged into a lake in an ice-fishing tragedy over the weekend. Police say in a news release they received a call around 1 a.m. on Saturday that the vehicle carrying three people "drove into open water" on Lake Laberge, about 50 kilometres north o...
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Quebec police chiefs calling for increased caution in school zones as accidents rise
MONTREAL - An association representing Quebec's police chiefs is sounding the alarm that the number of collisions involving children transported by school bus has climbed back to levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials say that in 2023, 320 children in the province were involved in collisions related to sch...
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B.C. firm seeks injunction stopping capital gains hike proposed by federal Liberals
A law firm acting on behalf of a B.C. company is seeking an injunction stopping the Canada Revenue Agency from enforcing a proposed capital gains tax hike that has yet to pass in Parliament. Thorsteinssons LLP says the challenge it filed in Federal Court last week on behalf of Pelco Holdings Inc. aims to stop the gover...
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Alberta doctors criticize provincial COVID-19 report as harmful 'anti-science'
EDMONTON - The organization representing Alberta physicians is calling out a government panel's COVID-19 report as "anti-science." Dr. Shelley Duggan, head of the Alberta Medical Association, says the report sows distrust by going against proven preventive health measures while promoting fringe methods. She s...
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World
Trump signs order that likely sets in motion a future ban on transgender troops
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon's policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service. Trump had tried to impose a ban on transgender troops during his first term, but it was ...
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Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution against lawyers involved in the investigations. The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors who worked on special coun...
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Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith's team is the latest sign of upheaval inside the Justice Dep...
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