Chris Beach on his candidacy
PRINCE GEORGE - After announcing his intentions Friday to run as the Liberal candidate for Cariboo-Prince George, Chris Beach has yet to be confirmed as the candidate. However, he says that should be cleared up shortly. "So there was a miscommunication," he explains. "And unfortunately, just the process ...
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Special Olympics
100-day countdown to 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games on Tuesday
PRINCE GEORGE - Tuesday will mark 100 days until the 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games in Prince George. The games will take place from July 10 to the 12 with more than 1,200 athletes participating from all over British Columbia and Yukon. Those athletes will be supported by more than 300 volunteer coaches and miss...
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Try it: Jen and Cody learn all about Krav Maga
Jen and Cody from Mornings on 99.3 Rewind Radio took us on an educational journey in this edition of Try it, perhaps at the expense of Cody's dignity! Learn more about Krav Maga. an ancient self-defense technique taught at Shogun Dojo PG. Learn more about the dojo here.
Mar 28, 2025
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Check out a brand-new exhibit all about mushrooms at The Exploration Place
Stop into The Exploration Place and check out a brand-new mushroom centred exhibit! This fun travelling exhibition, created by the Royal BC Museum, explores the science and practical uses of mushrooms today, highlighting some of the most fascinating of the 3,400 known species in the province. BC's Marvellous Mushrooms ...
Mar 28, 2025
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Chris Beach on his candidacy
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Prince George
Chris Beach on his candidacy
PRINCE GEORGE - After announcing his intentions Friday to run as the Liberal candidate for Cariboo-Prince George, Chris Beach has yet to be confirmed as the candidate. However, he says that should be cleared up shortly. "So there was a miscommunication," he explains. "And unfortunately, just the process ...
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Downtown Prince George
Downtown Prince George unveils new executive director
PRINCE GEORGE - Chrisie Berry is the new executive director at Downtown Prince George. Berry replaces the outgoing Colleen Van Mook and will start her new job on April 7. Berry brings over a decade of experience in communications, community relations, and stakeholder engagement. She has been working for the Prince Geor...
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Special Olympics
100-day countdown to 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games on Tuesday
PRINCE GEORGE - Tuesday will mark 100 days until the 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games in Prince George. The games will take place from July 10 to the 12 with more than 1,200 athletes participating from all over British Columbia and Yukon. Those athletes will be supported by more than 300 volunteer coaches and miss...
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Forestry
Annual COFI convention brings forest industry together in Prince George to talk tariff response, trade uncertainty
PRINCE GEORGE - Dignitaries will gather at the Prince George Civic Centre this week for the annual BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) Convention. More than 600 attendees are expected, including industry officials, government and Indigenous representatives, and labour leaders. "The convention will focus on how ...
Mar 29, 2025
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Federal Election 2025
Chris Beach on his candidacy
PRINCE GEORGE - After announcing his intentions Friday to run as the Liberal candidate for Cariboo-Prince George, Chris Beach has yet to be confirmed as the candidate. However, he says that should be cleared up shortly. "So there was a miscommunication," he explains. "And unfortunately, just the process ...
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Politics
Candidates added in Cariboo-PG
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: (6 p.m.) As of 6 p.m. on Friday night, March 28, Chris Beach was not listed as an official candidate on the Liberal Party website.When contacted regarding his candidacy, Beach told CKPG News the following:"I've been told there is a backlog of Liberal candidates to be named in B.C.'s 43 ridi...
Mar 28, 2025
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Federal politics
Multiple candidates vying for office in two Prince George ridings
PRINCE GEORGE - Federal party leaders hit the road for the first full day of the election campaign Monday with the leaders fanning out across the country. Here in Prince George, we're starting to get a clearer picture of who's going to be on the ballot in the two Prince George ridings.Starting in Cariboo-Prince George,...
Mar 24, 2025
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Politics
Bachrach ready for election call
TERRACE - With a federal election call expected on Sunday, one race to watch will be in Northwest B.C. in Skeena-Bulkley Valley. The NDP has held the riding since 2004 but the Conservatives have nominated star candidate Ellis Ross, a former MLA in British Columbia and former chief councillor for the Haisla Nation. Incu...
Mar 20, 2025
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Northern BC
Crime
Suspicious death in Chetwynd
CHETWYND - Chetwynd RCMP are investigating what they're calling a suspicious death.Police were called to a home on Sunday, March 9 after the Chetwynd Fire Department and Emergency Health Services responded to a call for a person in medical distress.Police arrived on scene to find the woman deceased but don't believe th...
Mar 26, 2025
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Crime
RCMP seek suspect in McBride B & E
MCBRIDE- Police in McBride are looking to identify a person in a recent attempted break in.On Monday, McBride RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious person running into traffic on Highway 16 East near Mountainview Estates. Police made extensive patrols made in the area but could not locate anyone. Shortly before 2 ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Crime
Man faces several charges following alleged assault and arson
BURNS LAKE - A 32-year-old man from Southbank is in police custody and facing several charges in relation to an alleged assault and arson that occurred Thursday morning (March 20).Burns Lake RCMP say at approximately 1:30 a.m. that day, they responded to a report that a man had been struck by a vehicle in Southbank. Th...
Mar 21, 2025
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Politics
Bachrach ready for election call
TERRACE - With a federal election call expected on Sunday, one race to watch will be in Northwest B.C. in Skeena-Bulkley Valley. The NDP has held the riding since 2004 but the Conservatives have nominated star candidate Ellis Ross, a former MLA in British Columbia and former chief councillor for the Haisla Nation. Incu...
Mar 20, 2025
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Cariboo Region
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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IIO investigates
IIO investigating injuries of one person while in RCMP custody in Quesnel
QUESNEL - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating an incident in Quesnel where a person was injured in an RCMP detachment cell.The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) says information provided by the affected person states that at about 2:30 p.m. on September 8, 2024, police responded to a call concerne...
Mar 12, 2025
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Armed Robbery
Quesnel RCMP looking for suspect after armed robbery at Circle K store
QUESNEL, B.C. - RCMP in Quesnel are asking for help in identifying a suspect after an early morning robbery at a Circle K convenience store, and they're looking to speak to an man who may have witnessed the entire incident.Police say they were called around 5:00 a.m. Friday (March 7) and told that a gunman had robbed t...
Mar 08, 2025
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Politics
Quesnel mayor wins court case
QUESNEL - The mayor of Quesnel, Ron Paull, has won his court case against the City of Quesnel related to censure and sanctions levelled against him last year.City Council censured him after it learned Paull had taken a book that downplayed the devastating impacts of residential schools to a Cariboo Regional District bo...
Mar 06, 2025
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Sports
BCHL
Spruce Kings clinch playoff spot with win over Powell River
PRINCE GEORGE - The Spruce Kings punched their ticket to the playoffs with an emphatic 5-0 victory over the visiting Powell River Kings Sunday at Kopar Memorial Arena.Nicolas Papineau scored the game winner, his 13th of the year, at the 7:11 mark of the first period. Aidan Carolan, Owen Goodbrand, Brock Cummings, and W...
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Cougars drop game two to Winterhawks 5-2; series shifts to Portland tied 1-1
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars' first round Western Hockey League (WHL) playoff series is tied 1-1. Following a dramatic third period rally to win game one 7-6 in overtime, the Cougars dropped game two to the Portland Winterhawks at home 5-2. The Winterhawks opened the scoring on the power play early in the ...
Mar 30, 2025
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Do or Die
Win and they're in: Spruce Kings can clinch BCHL playoff spot on final day of the regular season
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings' destiny has been set up for them in the slot. The Spruce Kings hung on to defeat the Powell River Kings at home Saturday (March 29) night 5-4, but they needed some help on the out-of-town scoreboard to keep their British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) playoff hopes alive f...
Mar 30, 2025
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Canada
Canadian, American unions urging U.S. senators to vote to overturn Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - Unions on both sides of the border are calling on American senators to vote in favour of legislation to overturn U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a joint resolution led by Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine that would terminate the national emergency ...
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U.S. arrests B.C. man, says he smuggled goods to Pakistan's atomic bomb program
SURREY, B.C. - U.S. authorities have arrested a 67-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., accusing him of smuggling banned goods to Pakistan's military and its nuclear weapons program over more than 15 years. The U.S. Department of Justice says in a Friday news release that Mohammad Jawaid Aziz was arrested trying to cross in...
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Former business lobby head Blackburn confirms he is seeking Quebec Liberal leadership
MONTREAL - A former politician and head of an influential business lobby group is joining the race to be the next leader of the Quebec Liberals. Karl Blackburn published an open letter this morning that says Quebec needs a new, inclusive style of leadership, and he will formally launch his campaign during a press confe...
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Markets tumble as Canada braces for new wave of U.S. tariffs
WASHINGTON - Markets tumbled today amid confusion over how U.S. President Donald Trump intends to pursue his global tariff agenda this week - and how it will hit Canada. Trump has said Wednesday will be "Liberation Day" - the day when he intends to impose "reciprocal" tariffs by increasing U.S. duti...
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Hundreds of thousands in Ontario still without power on third day of spring storm
Hundreds of thousands of people across Ontario were still without power on the third day of a spring storm, after freezing rain coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice. An outage map from provincial utility Hydro One showed more than 430,000 homes and businesses remained without power Monday morning. The...
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In the news today: Second week of election underway, with eyes on new U.S. tariffs
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Eyes warily turn to next round of U.S. tariffs during second week of federal election The second week of the federal election campaign is underway, with a fresh round of U.S. tariffs expected to soon reverberate on the hustings. E...
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World
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking office for 5 years, a political earthquake
PARIS (AP) - A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years - a hammer blow to the far-right leader's presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics. Speaking to French TV channel TF1 in her first reaction to the verdict, Le Pen called...
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UAE court sentences 3 people to death in killing of Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Zvi Kogan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced three people to death for the killing of Israeli-Moldovan Zvi Kogan, state media reported Monday. The state-run WAM news agency announced the verdicts of the three after a trial in Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeals' State Security Cha...
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French court finds far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty in embezzlement case
PARIS (AP) - A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty Monday in an embezzlement case but didn't immediately say what her sentence might be and how it might impact the far-right leader's political future. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. PARIS (AP) - A Paris court started delivering a v...
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