Pilsner, Pretzels, Pianos
"Pilsner! Pretzels! Pianos!" returns for second year in a row
PRINCE GEORGE - Following incredible community feedback from last year's "Pilsner! Pretzels! Pianos!" event, the CN Centre is happy to announce that it will be making its return on October 18, 2025. "For the first time, we set up the pianos in the round so they're right in the center of the arena, and th...
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TYH Nutrition Facts
TYH nutrition facts
PRINCE GEORGE - Nutrition Facts on packaged foods have been mandatory in Canada for nearly twenty years. This information is easily accessible and straightforward to read, empowering Canadians to make informed food choices. In this week's edition of To Your Health, we explore the details of food package labels.This inf...
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Learn about the importance of railway flags
The Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum holds a lot of special archives including some historic railway flags from Northern BC. Learn more about them on the show.
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Taking a look at bathroom trends with New Look Interiors
Hoping to update your bathroom? Check out some of the latest bathroom trends at New Look Interiors on this edition of Home Improvement in partnership with the Canadian Homebuilders Association of Northern BC.
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Pilsner, Pretzels, Pianos
"Pilsner! Pretzels! Pianos!" returns for second year in a row
PRINCE GEORGE - Following incredible community feedback from last year's "Pilsner! Pretzels! Pianos!" event, the CN Centre is happy to announce that it will be making its return on October 18, 2025. "For the first time, we set up the pianos in the round so they're right in the center of the arena, and th...
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Firearm possession
Armed youth arrested near hospital
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP arrested a 17-year-old youth in the UHNBC parking lot on Monday afternoon for possession of a firearm.Police arrived on scene just after 3 p.m. and arrested the suspect without incident within minutes of the report being made."We train for these types of scenarios as part of our ...
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TYH Nutrition Facts
TYH nutrition facts
PRINCE GEORGE - Nutrition Facts on packaged foods have been mandatory in Canada for nearly twenty years. This information is easily accessible and straightforward to read, empowering Canadians to make informed food choices. In this week's edition of To Your Health, we explore the details of food package labels.This inf...
8h ago
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Special Olympics
Prince George bocce team looking forward to hosting Special Olympics
PRINCE GEORGE - The 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games will soon be in Prince George, and with the games only three months away the local bocce team is hard at work training and honing their skills."We're getting better, strength is getting there. We're having fun, that's the main part about it," said Bocc...
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Federal Election 2025
Poilievre promises tougher ethics rules, takes aim at Carney's assets
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials - and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney. Poilievre told a press conference in Ottawa on Sunday that if his party forms government, he'll ban what he calls "shadow l...
Apr 13, 2025
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Federal politics
Moral issues top of mind for Christian Heritage Party candidate
PRINCE GEORGE - Up until about eight or nine weeks ago, Jake Wiens wasn't even considering taking a stab at federal politics.But that eventually changed, which begs the question, why?"I would have thought you were crazy. It's not on my bucket list, it's nowhere. But I'm a reader, I'm a Lazy Boy theologian, a cultu...
Apr 11, 2025
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Federal politics
Bachrach 'disappointed' Conservative and Liberal opponents bailing on Terrace debate
SMITHERS - An all-candidates debate scheduled for Friday night in Terrace won't have a full slate of candidates attending and the NDP candidate isn't pleased.NDP incumbent Taylor Bachrach says that his Conservative and Liberal opponents have declined at the last minute."I'm hearing from a lot of people in Terrace ...
Apr 11, 2025
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Federal politics
Independent candidate says more opportunities needed for youth
QUESNEL - An independent candidate has stepped forward in the Cariboo-Prince George riding. Kenneth B. Thomson is a Quesnel-based lawyer who says he's worried about a generation of younger people not joining the workforce. He says it's alarming how many 18-24 year olds aren't working and thinks homelessness and drug is...
Apr 10, 2025
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Special Olympics BC Summer Games
Special Olympics
Prince George bocce team looking forward to hosting Special Olympics
PRINCE GEORGE - The 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games will soon be in Prince George, and with the games only three months away the local bocce team is hard at work training and honing their skills."We're getting better, strength is getting there. We're having fun, that's the main part about it," said Bocc...
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Special Olympics
Local athletes prepare for 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games
PRINCE GEORGE - The 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games will be hosted in Prince George from July 10-12, and the chance to compete among hundreds of athletes has local athletes excited for the opportunity. "It's pride, we're showing them that we're capable and we're taking it seriously. And this is what we want ...
Apr 08, 2025
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Special Olympics
100-Day Countdown to 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games begins
PRINCE GEORGE- The 2025 Special Olympics B.C. Summer (SOBC) Games are coming to Prince George in 100 days. The occasion was celebrated at the Kin Centre Atrium, with speeches from the events organizing committee, 2025 SOBC Games Athlete Ambassadors and even some skill demonstration from a few athletes as well."Our...
Apr 01, 2025
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Northern BC
Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Snotty Nose Rez Kids performing in Quesnel
QUESNEL - The City of Quesnel has announced the Snotty Nose Rez Kids will be making their debut in Quesnel. The Juno award winning artists will perform at the West Fraser Centre on Saturday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m."I think it's great for the community, we're pretty excited about it. They just won a Juno Award a couple...
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Federal politics
Bachrach 'disappointed' Conservative and Liberal opponents bailing on Terrace debate
SMITHERS - An all-candidates debate scheduled for Friday night in Terrace won't have a full slate of candidates attending and the NDP candidate isn't pleased.NDP incumbent Taylor Bachrach says that his Conservative and Liberal opponents have declined at the last minute."I'm hearing from a lot of people in Terrace ...
Apr 11, 2025
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BC Highway Patrol
BC Highway Patrol issues over 3,000 tickets during March enforcement campaign
BC Highway Patrol issued a lot of tickets during its enforcement campaign in March.Across the province last month, almost 2,800 tickets were issued for distracted driving and 873 for people not wearing seatbelts, including 87 tickets to parents whose children were not properly secured.Some of the campaign numbers inclu...
Apr 09, 2025
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Real Estate
Horsefly realtor named new BC Northern Real Estate Board Chair
PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB) says Victor Khong has been elected as chair for the 2025-26 term, which got underway Friday (April 4).Khong has been a realtor with Horsefly Realty since 2014, and he has served on a number of BCNREB committees, including the Provincial, Federal, and Municipal ...
Apr 05, 2025
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Cariboo Region
Federal politics
Independent candidate says more opportunities needed for youth
QUESNEL - An independent candidate has stepped forward in the Cariboo-Prince George riding. Kenneth B. Thomson is a Quesnel-based lawyer who says he's worried about a generation of younger people not joining the workforce. He says it's alarming how many 18-24 year olds aren't working and thinks homelessness and drug is...
Apr 10, 2025
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Real Estate
Horsefly realtor named new BC Northern Real Estate Board Chair
PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB) says Victor Khong has been elected as chair for the 2025-26 term, which got underway Friday (April 4).Khong has been a realtor with Horsefly Realty since 2014, and he has served on a number of BCNREB committees, including the Provincial, Federal, and Municipal ...
Apr 05, 2025
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Federal politics
Update: Liberal Party says Beach never green-lit nor acclaimed officially as candidate in Cariboo-Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: The Liberal Party has challenged Chris Beach's assertion that he was acclaimed or green-lit as the party's candidate in Cariboo-Prince George.A Liberal Party spokesperson sent us the following statement:"Chris Beach was a nomination candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of...
Apr 04, 2025
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IIO investigates
IIO investigating January 2024 Quesnel incident
QUESNEL - The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating an incident in Quesnel where one person sustained a serious injury while being taken into custody by members of the RCMP on January 6, 2024.According to the IIO, officers initially responded to a call about a person experiencing a mental healt...
Mar 19, 2025
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Sports
Spruce Kings
Spruce Kings excited for Game 7 opportunity
PRINCE GEORGE- Two weeks after clinching a playoff spot on the final day of the BCHL regular season, the Spruce Kings are headed to Game 7 against the Coastal Conference's top seeded Chilliwack Chiefs.Despite losing the first two games of the series, the Kings have taken care of business on home ice, winning all three ...
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Spruce Kings win, force game seven in Chilliwack on Tuesday
The Prince George Spruce Kings facing elimination in game six of their first round BCHL playoff series with the Chilliwack Chiefs where able to come away with a win. Forward Will Moore started the scoring for the Spruce Kings just 47 seconds into the second period, with assists going to Linden Makow and Owen Goodbrand....
Apr 14, 2025
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Spruce Kings facing elimination after game-five loss in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Prince George Spruce Kings will be playing for their playoff lives in game six of their BCHL first-round playoff series Sunday (April 13) night, after they were beaten 2-1 by the Chilliwack Chiefs in Game 5 Friday night.Following a scoreless opening period at the Chilliwack Coliseum, the Coastal Confer...
Apr 12, 2025
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Canada
California governor urges Canadians to ignore Trump, come back for sand, sun and wine
California is calling for Canadians to come back and pay a visit. Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken to social media urging the two million Canadians who visited last year to come back and enjoy the Golden State's wine, sun and sand. Newsom, without calling out U.S. President Donald Trump by name, says Canadians should not le...
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First Nation launches challenge of B.C.'s approval to raise Mount Polley mine dam
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation has filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its tailings dam a decade after a similar storage site at the mine gave way, creating one of the province's largest environmental disasters. The Xatsull First Nation has filed a petition in B.C....
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Four injured in apparent hit-and-run on TMU campus, Toronto police say
TORONTO - Four people were injured after a vehicle crashed into multiple people on a pedestrian walkway on Toronto Metropolitan University's downtown campus, police said. The vehicle did not remain at the scene of the crash Tuesday afternoon, police said. Paramedics say two people were sent to hospital, one with minor ...
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Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States
HALIFAX - The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States. The Canadian Association of University Teachers says it released updated travel advice today due to the "political landscape" created by the Trump adminis...
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Ottawa announces help for businesses hurt by U.S. tariffs
OTTAWA - Federal Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has announced help for Canadian businesses affected by the trade dispute with the U.S., giving them time to adjust their supply chains. The minister says the government intends to provide temporary six-month tariff relief for goods imported from the U...
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Tariff uncertainty foils 'slam dunk rebound year' for national home sales: CREA
The Canadian Real Estate Association has downgraded its forecast for home sales activity in 2025, while the number of homes that changed hands across the country in March was down 9.3 per cent compared with a year ago. The association says Canadian home sales in March also fell 4.8 per cent on a seasonally adjusted mon...
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World
Gambian ex-soldier convicted at US trial of torturing suspected backers of a failed 2006 coup
DENVER (AP) - A former member of Gambia's military was convicted Tuesday of charges that included torturing people suspected of involvement in a failed coup against the West African country's longtime dictator nearly 20 years ago. Michael Sang Correa was charged with torturing five men believed to be opponents of Yahya...
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Judge rejects defense that Gaudreau brothers contributed to their deaths by cycling while impaired
SALEM, N.J. (AP) - The family of NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew listened in pain Tuesday as lawyers debated whether the men's own drinking contributed to their deaths when they were hit by an allegedly drunken and enraged driver as they cycled at night. After nearly two hours of argument, a j...
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Peruvian court sentences former President Humala and wife to 15 years for money laundering
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for laundering funds received from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht to finance his 2006 and 2011 campaigns. The judges of the National Superior Court found that Humala and He...
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