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Prince George

Community
Kiwanis Ale Fest kicks off today
PRINCE GEORGE- Prince George's Northern B.C. Craft Beer Festival Kicks off on Friday, January 24. The two-day festival is featuring four ticketed Tasting Sessions at Two Rivers Gallery. In addition there will be a Cask Beer Crawl across participating downtown Prince George restaurants. The cask crawl invites people to ...
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Community
Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusion seeks new members
PRINCE GEORGE- The Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusion (ACIA) is inviting people to join their board. The ACIA is responsible for providing advice to Mayor and Council and City staff on ways to reduce physical, social and attitudinal barriers. The committee will help identify these barriers that way every...
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Crime Forum
Provincial leaders gather to discuss solutions to crime, drugs, and more
BRITISH COLUMBIA - An all day forum was held by the Save our Streets Coalition in Vancouver, discussing a wide variety of topics surrounding issues like crime, drugs, mental health, and more. Leaders from all across the province, including Prince George Mayor Simon Yu and BC Conservative Party Leader John Rustad, atten...
11h ago
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BC Family Doctors launches new campaign
PRINCE GEORGE - The first students of the Northern Medical Program took to the classrooms at the University of Northern BC in 2004. The school was the result of much attention to the failure of healthcare delivery in the North. Since then, hundreds of doctors have graduated, many of whom are practising in rural and Nor...
14h ago
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Northern BC

Crime
One dead, another injured in Dawson Creek shooting
DAWSON CREEK-On Sunday, January 19, shortly after 11:00 p.m., Dawson Creek RCMP received reports of gunfire on 102nd Avenue.Upon arrival, police located an adult male who was deceased. While investigating the scene they received a second report of shots fired at a nearby hotel. When the RCMP arrived at the hotel, they ...
18h ago
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Trump reactions
Northern B.C. politicians react to Trump's inauguration
PRINCE GEORGE - President Donald Trump was sworn in as the USA's 47th president during Monday's inauguration, prompting a wide variety of responses from politicians all across Canada. Here in Northern B.C., Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Taylor Bachrach is concerned about the impacts Trump could have on our country."...
Jan 22, 2025
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More Nechako Watershed research coming
PRINCE GEORGE - The Nechako Watershed is an important piece of the Northern BC landscape. And it's a big one. More than 47,000 kilometres in size. Larger than the size of Belgium. And that's why, in 2019, Rio Tinto joined forces with the University of Northern BC to study that watershed at length. And, during the Natur...
Jan 17, 2025
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Impaired stats
BC Highway Patrol takes 267 impaired drivers off the road in December
PRINCE GEORGE - Impaired drivers kept BC Highway Patrol busy over the holiday season.So busy that they took an average of 8.61 impaired drivers off the road every day in December. That's an impaired driver caught every three hours for 31 days."The Winter Impaired Driving Campaign clearly shows that education is no...
Jan 16, 2025
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Cariboo Region

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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Politics
Sheldon Clare to host transportation town hall in Quesnel
QUESNEL - Prince George-North Cariboo Conservative MLA and Deputy Whip Sheldon Clare will host a transportation town hall at the Quesnel Senior's Centre (461 Carson Ave) Friday night (Jan.17) from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.He will be joined by Harman Bhangu, the Conservative MLA for Langley-Abbotsford and also the party's Transp...
Jan 17, 2025
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Crime
Quesnel RCMP investigate weekend home invasion
QUESNEL - Quesnel RCMP are investigating a home invasion that occurred early Sunday morning (Jan.12).Police say it occurred just after 2 .a.m on the 300-block of Hoy Street. Two suspects broke into a home, sprayed the victim with bear spray and damaged several items. RCMP say the suspects were identified as an armed 26...
Jan 13, 2025
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Canada

In the news today: Liberals meet in Ottawa amid leadership race
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberals meet in Ottawa amid leadership race The Liberals are gathering on Parliament Hill for a second day in a row to talk next steps as the party searches for a replacement for outgoing leader Justin Trudeau. The candidates onl...
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Clock ticks down for Liberal leadership hopefuls to sign up new members
OTTAWA - The Liberals are gathering on Parliament Hill for a second day in a row to talk next steps as the party searches for a replacement for outgoing leader Justin Trudeau. The candidates only have until Monday to sign up new members who can vote for them in the race. Thursday marked the cutoff deadline for contesta...
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Meet Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing dog and a scientific trailblazer
Poppy, a six-year-old springer spaniel with floppy brown ears and a tail that never seems to stop wagging, is by all accounts a very good dog. Her white, brown speckled nose has also made her something of a trailblazer. In a first-of-its-kind study, Poppy was able to do something with ease that's proven far more challe...
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Who's in and who's out of the Liberal leadership race
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau. Candidates must declare by 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 23 with a $50,000 deposit towards a $350,000 fee to enter the race. The winner will be named on March 9. Here's a quick look at who's in and w...
15h ago
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Bill 21 at the Supreme Court: Five things about Quebec's contentious secularism law
MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago. With the Supreme Court of Canada announcing Thursday it will hear arguments on the validity of the law, here's a look at some of the issues behind the legislation. What is Bill 21? Adopted i...
16h ago
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Joly off to Washington to talk tariffs with Rubio as Trump floats 5% target for NATO
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will press Canada's case against damaging tariffs with Donald Trump's new secretary of state next week in Washington. Trump is threatening to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada starting on Feb. 1 though Joly says things are still in t...
17h ago
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