

New flight
New direct flight to Calgary could mean great news for Prince George's economy
PRINCE GEORGE - A new direct flight from Prince George to Calgary has been announced by the Prince George airport and Central Mountain Air. Flying four times a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, this new flight will first take off on March 3 to meet rising demand for flights to and from Calgary."When w...
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Avalanche Death
Avalanche Death
Golden - The Golden RCMP confirmed on Monday that a 42-year-old man from Golden, B.C., lost his life in an avalanche incident. According to police, he and another individual had been backcountry skiing near Mount Kapristo in the Selkirk mountain range, located southeast of Golden.One of the men managed to return home a...
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CKPG Today Art
Learn about the story of lost and forgotten Canadian mining towns in new exhibit at Two Rivers Gallery
While there might not seem like a lot of lost and forgotten mining towns in BC, there are more than a few. Canadian artist Emily Neufeld tells the story of some of these places in an exhibit on now at Two Rivers Gallery.
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CKPG Today Community
Get to know Prince George-Valemount MLA Rosalyn Bird
Back in October voters decided on a new MLA to take office in the Prince George-Valemount riding as Rosalyn Bird soared to victory. Naturally, we caught up with MLA Bird to ask the obvious bird related questions and so much more!
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New flight
New direct flight to Calgary could mean great news for Prince George's economy
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Avalanche Death
Avalanche Death
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Spruce Kings Future
Spruce Kings GM reassures fans: 'We're on solid ground'
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Wanted Wednesday
Man wanted for assaulting a police officer and other charges
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To Your Health
Local Nursing student receives scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada
Feb 19, 2025
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Prince George

New flight
New direct flight to Calgary could mean great news for Prince George's economy
PRINCE GEORGE - A new direct flight from Prince George to Calgary has been announced by the Prince George airport and Central Mountain Air. Flying four times a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, this new flight will first take off on March 3 to meet rising demand for flights to and from Calgary."When w...
3h ago
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Avalanche Death
Avalanche Death
Golden - The Golden RCMP confirmed on Monday that a 42-year-old man from Golden, B.C., lost his life in an avalanche incident. According to police, he and another individual had been backcountry skiing near Mount Kapristo in the Selkirk mountain range, located southeast of Golden.One of the men managed to return home a...
5h ago
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Spruce Kings Future
Spruce Kings GM reassures fans: 'We're on solid ground'
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have been in the community for over 50 years, but will that longevity continue? That's the question following recent reports that the league's most successful franchise, the Penticton Vees, may be moving to the WHL next season. CKPG News spoke to the Kings' longtime genera...
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Wanted Wednesday
Man wanted for assaulting a police officer and other charges
PRINCE GEORGE - Local Mounties need your help finding a wanted man.Prince George RCMP say 39-year-old Sean-Patrick Edward Smith is wanted for assaulting a police officer, mischief under $5,000 and breach of a release order. Sean-Patrick Edward Smith is described as:6'0 (183 cm)172 lb (78 kg)Brown hairHazel eyesTattoo o...
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What's Trending
New flight
New direct flight to Calgary could mean great news for Prince George's economy
3h ago
Avalanche Death
Avalanche Death
5h ago
Spruce Kings Future
Spruce Kings GM reassures fans: 'We're on solid ground'
6h ago
Wanted Wednesday
Man wanted for assaulting a police officer and other charges
10h ago
To Your Health
Local Nursing student receives scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada
Feb 19, 2025

Northern BC

Vanderhoof Homicide Update
Mounties looking for person of interest connected to suspicious death in Vanderhoof
VANDERHOOF B.C. - The death of a man in Vanderhoof in January is now being considered a homicide as Mounties ask for help identifying a person who might be able to help the investigation. The RCMP say officers were called to a well-being check at a house in the 100 block of 5th Street E. in Vanderhoof on Jan. 14. They ...
Feb 15, 2025
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Missing person
Missing Terrace woman may have connections to Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Mounties in Terrace are seeking the public's help in locating a missing woman.RCMP say 74-year-old Lillian Guy was last heard from around January 29, 2025.Police are asking the public to call them if they spot Lillian, adding she may have connections to Prince George.Lillian is described as:5'4130 pound...
Feb 05, 2025
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Missing Man
Vanderhoof RCMP looking for missing 40-year-old man
VANDERHOOF B.C. - The RCMP in Vanderhoof RCMP are asking for help in finding a 40-year-old Indigenous man, Ronald McCook, who was reported missing Thursday, Jan. 30. Police say McCook was least seen leaving a house in the 100-block of Kenny Dam Road on the Saik'Uz First Nations, outside of Vanderhoof, on Jan. 23. He wa...
Feb 01, 2025
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Missing person
The search for a man and his dog remains active
CHETWYND - The search for James Barnes, a man who was reported missing to Fort St. John RCMP on October 18, 2024 just before 11 p.m.,remains active.RCMP say Barnes was reported missing after failing to return home from a hunting trip earlier that day. On October 19 RCMP were notified that there was reason to believe Ja...
Jan 30, 2025
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Cariboo Region

Wanted Man
RCMP looking for suspect after home invasion near Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE B.C. - RCMP are asking for help in finding one man after a home invasion Wednesday (Feb. 12) in the community of Esler, just west of Williams Lake.Police say Anthony Raven Paradis, 25, has been charged with several offences including break and enter, aggravated assault, as well as robbery. Mounties say he...
Feb 16, 2025
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Quesnel Search Warrant
Quesnel RCMP say search warrant leads to seizure of guns and drugs
QUESNEL B.C. - Mounties in Quesnel say a search warrant carried out as part of an investigation into alleged gun manufacturing turned up multiple guns as well as drugs. In a news release, RCMP say the Quesnel Crime Reduction Unit executed the search warrant at a property in the 700 block of Avison Avenue, on the west s...
Feb 01, 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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Sports

WHL
Cougars lose Family Day matchup with Giants
LANGLEY - The Prince George Cougars dropped a 7-2 decision to the Vancouver Giants on Monday in Langley.Ben Riche scored his 30th goal in the loss while Terik Parascak scored his 23rd of the season.Tyus Sparks of the Giants was the game's first star scoring two goals.The Giants outshot the Cougars 39-34 before 4,405 fa...
Feb 18, 2025
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Spruce Kings 2 Clippers 1 OT
Spruce Kings knock off Clippers in overtime for fourth win in a row
NANAIMO - The Prince George Spruce Kings needed overtime to beat the Nanaimo Clippers 2-1 in the BCHL Saturday (Feb. 15) night. Owen Goodbrand scored the game winner 3:25 into the extra frame as the Kings picked up their fourth win in a row to inch closer to a playoff spot.Mason Loewen also scored for Prince George at ...
Feb 16, 2025
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Cougars 5 Silvertips 1
Ziemmer ties franchise record as Cougars beat WHL-best Silvertips
PRINCE GEORGE - A four goal second period powered the Prince George Cougars to a 5-1 win over the league-leading Everett Silvertips Saturday (Feb. 16) night at CN Centre. The win helped the soon-to-be playoff bound Cougars split their weekend series against the already playoff-bound Silvertips, who picked up a 3-1 win ...
Feb 16, 2025
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Canada

Man, youth arrested in quadruple homicide on First Nation in Saskatchewan
REGINA - RCMP say they have arrested a man and a boy in the shooting deaths of four people on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan. Mounties say 18-year-old Darrius Racette faces four counts of first-degree murder after two men and two women were found dead in a home on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, east of Regina...
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Health Canada warns of unauthorized sex enhancement products seized from stores
Health Canada is warning people in at least three provinces against using unauthorized sexual enhancement products that may pose serious health risks. The agency says it has seized various products from stores in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario that have been found to contain "dangerous ingredients." Many o...
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Second case of measles confirmed in B.C.'s Lower Mainland, linked to Thailand flight
VANCOUVER - Health authorities in British Columbia have confirmed a second case of measles in the Lower Mainland, this time in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. Vancouver Coastal Health says in a release that the infected person travelled to Southeast Asia in the same party as a Fraser Health region resident who tes...
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Old-growth logging was 'goal' of Interfor: B.C. Forest Appeals Commission decision
British Columbia's Forest Appeals Commission has upheld a finding that forestry giant Interfor violated provincial legislation when it harvested cut blocks that overlapped with proposed old-growth management areas meant to be preserved. The commission's panel found Interfor committed eight contraventions of the Forest ...
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NewsAlert: B.C. ends take-home safer supply for drug users to stop diversion
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister has announced that the province is changing its safer-supply anti-addiction program to a witnessed model, in which users will be watched as they consume the drugs. Josie Osborne says the "significant" change to end the take-home model will be difficult for some, b...
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Montreal pleads with residents as it struggles to clear record-breaking snowfall
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is pleading for patience and urging caution as the city's snow removal trucks and plows struggle to clear the record-shattering snowfall that has blanketed Montreal. Plante says the city's snow removal crews are working around the clock to clear streets and sidewalks, and...
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World

The white man who pleaded guilty to shooting a Black teen who rang a wrong doorbell dies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An 86-year-old Kansas City man has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man's doorbell by mistake, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Andrew Lester was charged with first-degree assault and armed crimin...
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2 people are dead after a small plane collision in southern Arizona, authorities say
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed at least two people Wednesday morning, authorities said. Federal air-safety investigators said two people were on board each plane as they collided near Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson. One plane landed unev...
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Judge questions NYC Mayor Eric Adams in hearing on Justice Department's fight to end corruption case
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge questioned New York City Mayor Eric Adams at the start of a hearing Wednesday to ensure he agreed with the Justice Department's request to drop corruption charges against him weeks before an April trial. Judge Dale E. Ho said he wanted to confirm that the mayor had agreed that the charges would ...
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