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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...
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U18 Worlds
Cougars defenceman Carels named to Canada's U-18 Worlds pre-tournament camp roster
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Cougars defenceman Carson Carels is in the mix to play for Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF U18 World Championships in Frisco and Allen, Texas.The 16-year-old Carels is one of 19 players who were named to the pre-tournament camp roster Saturday (April 12) with the tournament set to get underwa...
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Healthcare
Northern Health contractor should have consulted union: arbitrator
PRINCE GEORGE - An arbitrator found a Northern Health contractor violated the Labour Relations Code when it did not consult the BC General Employees' Union before implementing a standby/on-call policy for workers providing services to hospitals, primary care sites and care homes.In an April 2 decision, Arbitrator Chris...
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Cougars
Riley Heidt's incredible legacy in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE- With the Cougars season coming to an end earlier this week, it's also likely the end of Riley Heidt's illustrious junior hockey career in Prince George. The Cougars Captain played over 300 games for Prince George between the regular season and playoffs, and is the franchise's all-time assist leader."...
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Federal Election 2025

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...
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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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Party leaders focus policy pitches on rent control, addictions treatment
The NDP promised to protect tenants through national rent control while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment Sunday.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection pol...
Apr 06, 2025
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Northern BC

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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fraser lake
Fraser Lake ER services suspended all day Friday due to staffing challenges
FRASER LAKE - Residents in Fraser Lake will be without Emergency Department (ER) services at the Fraser Lake Health Centre for the entirety of Friday, April 4.Northern Health says that ER services will be unavailable all day Friday due to staffing challenges. The health authority also notes that Fraser Lake Health Cent...
Apr 04, 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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Canada

Quebec teen, 15, dies after falling into silo at closed factory in Shawinigan, Que
SHAWINIGAN - Quebec provincial police say a 15-year-old girl has died after a fall at the site of a shuttered factory in Shawinigan, northeast of Montreal. One of the girl's relatives alerted emergency services around 8:30 p.m. on Friday after the victim fell into a silo at the former Belgo factory, a paper mill that h...
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Artificial intelligence, wearable tech can improve safety in stroke rehab: study
Artificial intelligence combined with wearable technology has the potential to improve safety among people recovering from a stroke, suggests a study from researchers, including a team from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Gustavo Balbinot, an assistant professor in neurorehabilitation, said the research op...
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B.C. Court of Appeal upholds murder conviction for Vancouver Island prison escapee
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man who lived near the institution. Busch and fellow inmate Zachary Armitage escaped from William Head Institution, a minim...
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Sex assault civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon to resume next week
MONTREAL - The sexual assault civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon will resume next week after the Court of Appeal rejected his appeal of the scope of questions his lawyers could ask in his defence. In a brief hearing today, the province's highest court dismissed Rozon's appeal filed in the midst of his...
Apr 11, 2025
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Carney warns of signs that global economies are slowing amid Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says there are signs that the global and Canadian economies are slowing. Carney took another day off the campaign trail today to convene his Canada-U.S. cabinet committee today after a raucous week of White House tariff policy. Markets have been in turmoil since Trump escalated his t...
Apr 11, 2025
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P.E.I. university apologizes for removing lemming painting that offended Americans
CHARLOTTETOWN - The University of Prince Edward Island apologized today to a former artist in residence who quit after administrators ordered him to remove a painting that offended some American faculty members. Christopher Griffin's painting, "The Crossing," shows lemmings gathered around an American flag as...
Apr 11, 2025
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