Campaigning across the country, federal leaders pledge family doctors, red tape cuts
Federal party leaders are starting the second full weekend of the federal election campaign at opposite ends of the country. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in B.C., where he is set to make an announcement on cutting bureaucratic red tape, while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is in Atlantic Canada, where he promised ...
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Former Prince George Elizabeth Fry manager granted full parole
PRINCE GEORGE - The former Prince George and District Elizabeth Fry Society financial manager jailed last June for fraud over $5,000 was granted full parole upon eligibility March 29.Rhonda Lee Bailey, 54, admitted to a provincial court judge that she made more than 1,000 fraudulent credit card transactions over five y...
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'No Big D' hosting album reveal party
Quesnel-based 'No Big D' are having a big deal weekend here in Prince George as they release their album 'Thieves'. Check out the party on Saturday April 5th at Legion 43 downtown PG. More details here.
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Rotary Hoopathon set for return featuring UNBC Athletes
The Rotary Hoopathon is back in Prince George for a second consecutive year with support from the UNBC Timberwolves basketball squads. If you're interested, you can find more information on how to support here.
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Former Prince George Elizabeth Fry manager granted full parole
PRINCE GEORGE - The former Prince George and District Elizabeth Fry Society financial manager jailed last June for fraud over $5,000 was granted full parole upon eligibility March 29.Rhonda Lee Bailey, 54, admitted to a provincial court judge that she made more than 1,000 fraudulent credit card transactions over five y...
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Cougars fire seven past Winterhawks to stay alive in first-round playoff series
PORTLAND - The Prince George Cougars live to see another day in the WHL playoffs after they scored four goals in the third period Friday (April 4) night in Portland.The fourth-seeded Cougars staved off elimination with a dominant 7-2 victory over the fifth-seeded Winterhawks to drag the first-round playoff series back ...
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Liberals announce candidates in two Prince George ridings
PRINCE GEORGE - The Liberal Party of Canada has announced its candidates in the two Prince George ridings.Quesnel-based immigration consultant Clinton Emslie is the party's candidate in Cariboo-Prince George. He calls himself a "fierce Liberal candidate" who "brings a strategic mindset and a pragmatic ap...
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Premier addresses plans to revitalize forestry
PRINCE GEORGE - Making access to Fibre easier. That was the message from Premier David Eby to the hundreds gathered at the Council of Forest Industries this afternoon. But not before he cautioned the industry in light of recent moves from the US. "We need to last through this period and so the provincial governmen...
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Campaigning across the country, federal leaders pledge family doctors, red tape cuts
Federal party leaders are starting the second full weekend of the federal election campaign at opposite ends of the country. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in B.C., where he is set to make an announcement on cutting bureaucratic red tape, while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is in Atlantic Canada, where he promised ...
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Federal politics
Liberals announce candidates in two Prince George ridings
PRINCE GEORGE - The Liberal Party of Canada has announced its candidates in the two Prince George ridings.Quesnel-based immigration consultant Clinton Emslie is the party's candidate in Cariboo-Prince George. He calls himself a "fierce Liberal candidate" who "brings a strategic mindset and a pragmatic ap...
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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...
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Health care worker to run for NDP
PRINCE GEORGE - Noting her twenty-year background in health care, Angie Bonazzo has thrown her hat in the ring this federal election, running for the NDP in the Cariboo-Prince George riding. This is her first foray into politics. "I see a lot going on in our community and we need a strong voice in the House of Com...
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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...
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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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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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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...
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Cougars fire seven past Winterhawks to stay alive in first-round playoff series
PORTLAND - The Prince George Cougars live to see another day in the WHL playoffs after they scored four goals in the third period Friday (April 4) night in Portland.The fourth-seeded Cougars staved off elimination with a dominant 7-2 victory over the fifth-seeded Winterhawks to drag the first-round playoff series back ...
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PG Blind Curling Team reflect on impressive season
PRINCE GEORGE- The 2025 season has come to an end for the Prince George Blind Curling Team, and it was no doubt a memorable one. They won their first ever National Visually Impaired title as well as hosting their first Western Blind Curling Championship, and winning that as well."It's huge for the city and also fo...
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Cougars on brink of elimination following Game 4 double overtime loss to Winterhawks
PORTLAND - It will be do or die for the Prince George Cougars Friday night in Portland.This after the Cats suffered a heartbreaking double overtime loss in Game 4 versus the Winterhawks Wednesday night, 5-4 in front of 3,929 fans at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.Diego Buttuzzoni scored the game winner at the 17:57 mar...
Apr 03, 2025
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Campaigning across the country, federal leaders pledge family doctors, red tape cuts
Federal party leaders are starting the second full weekend of the federal election campaign at opposite ends of the country. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in B.C., where he is set to make an announcement on cutting bureaucratic red tape, while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is in Atlantic Canada, where he promised ...
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Five years without answers for family of Canadian businessman held in Chinese jail
VANCOUVER - Wang Yan vividly recalls the last time she heard her husband's voice, more than five years ago. It was Dec. 13, 2019, and Canadian citizen Li Yonghui had gone to a public square in Shijiazhuang, in China's Hebei province, to exercise as he spoke to his wife in Canada by mobile phone. "Suddenly, the cal...
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'We are not the gods': Fire-torn Jasper prepares for diminished summer tourism season
JASPER, ALTA. - Every summer for 61 years, tourists have piled onto Jasper's SkyTram to see the boomerang-shaped town nestled inside the sprawling Rocky Mountains. It'll happen again this summer, but the view will be different. The red cable cars will skim over thousands of trees poking up from the ground like charred ...
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Caught in the crossfire: Michigan concerned over automobile tariffs targeting Canada
DETROIT - Glenn Stevens Jr. can look out his office window in downtown Detroit and see Canada. The view encapsulates historic automobile achievement between two countries despite a flowing river and international border - one that's on the brink of being ripped apart. "Our economies in auto between Ontario and Mic...
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Federal leaders set to campaign across the country today
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are starting the second full weekend of the federal election campaign at opposite ends of the country. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in B.C. while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is in Atlantic Canada. Singh is set to make an announcement in St. John's in the morning, before travelling...
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Quebec's high court rejects random police stops ahead of Supreme Court hearing
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has refused the provincial government's request to allow arbitrary police traffic stops to continue until a legal challenge of the practice is heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. In a decision rendered earlier this week, the province's high court said the negative impacts of random...
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Anthony, Howard, Redeem Team, Bird, Arison, Fowles, Crawford, Donovan, Moore in Hall of Fame class
Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. And LeBron James and Chris Paul are part of the group that's headed to the Hall as well, even before their playing careers end. Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class of 2025, as...
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Israeli troops deploy to a new corridor across Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel says troops have deployed to a newly established security corridor across southern Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced the new Morag Corridor to pressure the Hamas militant group and suggested it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacua...
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Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurling past a hard line of Democratic opposition toward what President Donald Trump calls the "big, beautiful bill" that's central to his a...
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