

To Your Health
Local Nursing student receives scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada
PRINCE GEORGE-Wynne Fitzpatrick a first-year nursing baccalaureate student at CNC has just received a $5,000 national scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada for her academic achievements and ability to inspire others with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).Reflecting on her past, Wynne says that when she was diagnos...
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Travel
Central Mountain Air announces direct route from Prince George to Calgary
PRINCE GEORGE- Travellers through YXS will now have an easier time getting to Calgary as Central Mountain Air (CMA) has announced a non-stop route from Prince George to Calgary beginning March 3, 2025. The new route will fly four times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), with the plane arriving in Prince Geor...
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CKPG Today Community
Sign up for the Coldest Night of the Year in support of AWAC
The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities. In Prince George, the Association Advocating for Women and Community (AWAC) is set to raise awareness for those on the streets and struggling in our community. Learn more on the importance of supporting local ...
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CKPG Today Art
Take a look at 'The Road Not Taken' featuring local artist Betty Kovacic
Introducing the latest exhibit to stop at Two Rivers Gallery here in Prince George featuring Betty Kovacic a Canadian artist working in the city. The works in this exhibition are inviting us to reflect upon the connection between the earth and the human, how the land influences people, and how people, in turn, influenc...
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To Your Health
Local Nursing student receives scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada
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CNC looks at cancelling three programs
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Cold snap over
Prince George cold snap finally ends after three weeks.
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To Your Health
Local Nursing student receives scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada
PRINCE GEORGE-Wynne Fitzpatrick a first-year nursing baccalaureate student at CNC has just received a $5,000 national scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada for her academic achievements and ability to inspire others with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).Reflecting on her past, Wynne says that when she was diagnos...
3h ago
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Travel
Central Mountain Air announces direct route from Prince George to Calgary
PRINCE GEORGE- Travellers through YXS will now have an easier time getting to Calgary as Central Mountain Air (CMA) has announced a non-stop route from Prince George to Calgary beginning March 3, 2025. The new route will fly four times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), with the plane arriving in Prince Geor...
4h ago
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Education
CNC looks at cancelling three programs
PRINCE GEORGE- Continued uncertainty at the College of New Caledonia (CNC) after the federal government restricted the number of immigrants allowed into Canada with CNC considering the cancellation of three programs. Those programs are Associate of Arts -Modern Classics, the Community and School Support Program, and th...
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Cold snap over
Prince George cold snap finally ends after three weeks.
PRINCE GEORGE - The cold snap that has lasted nearly three weeks in Prince George is ending. Environment Canada reports that after a few days of snow tomorrow, we can expect above-zero temperatures starting Thursday and continuing through next week. In the long term, meteorologist Brian Proctor indicates that we should...
6h ago
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What's Trending
To Your Health
Local Nursing student receives scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada
3h ago
Travel
Central Mountain Air announces direct route from Prince George to Calgary
4h ago
Education
CNC looks at cancelling three programs
4h ago
Cold snap over
Prince George cold snap finally ends after three weeks.
6h ago
Wild Game Banquet
Unique dining for a cause: wild game banquet features lynx, elk, and more
7h ago

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...
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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

Backcountry skier killed in avalanche near Golden, B.C.
A backcountry skier in B.C. has been killed in an avalanche near the community of Golden. The RCMP says two men were reported unaccounted for at 10 p.m. Monday night, and had not been heard from since 5:30 p.m. They say one of the men eventually made it home, and despite hillside efforts to revive his friend, he succum...
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Leak of containment pond at site of Yukon mine disaster impacting creek: officials
Officials in Yukon say they believe about 19 million litres of cyanide-contaminated water leaked from a containment pond at the site of a mining disaster last year before the problem was spotted and the water diluted. Erin Dowd, director of technical services for the Mines Ministry, says the cyanide-contaminated water ...
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Toronto plane crash adds to recent accidents that may rattle travellers: psychologist
With a plane sitting upside-down on the tarmac at the Toronto airport, Anne Robinson remained pragmatic about the slim chance she could end up in a similar crash. "Deep down, it does (scare me), but it's not going to stop me," Robinson said Tuesday after her flight out of Toronto Pearson International Airport...
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Analyst: Gusts, landing apparatus may have contributed to Pearson plane crash
A veteran aviator and flight instructor of commercial passenger jets says the "variable" gusty winds in Toronto as well as possible mechanical issues with the landing gear may have contributed to the Delta Air Lines crash at Pearson Airport Monday. Kit Darby, a U.S.-based consultant with more than 20,000 hour...
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Judge rules RCMP remarks racist, but B.C. pipeline protesters' convictions will stand
A B.C. Supreme Court judge says members of the RCMP made "grossly offensive, racist and dehumanizing" remarks about Indigenous women who were arrested in 2021 during a blockade of Coastal GasLink pipeline construction. Justice Michael Tammen says the state misconduct findings don't warrant a stay of proceedin...
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Judge rejects sexsomnia defence, finds Manitoba man guilty of child sex assault
WINNIPEG - A judge has rejected the defence of a Manitoba man who claimed he was suffering from sexsomnia, a rare sleep disorder, when he sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy. Provincial court Judge Mary Kate Harvie found Clinton Muskego guilty of sexual assault and sexual interference for touching the boy at a Winnip...
8h ago
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World

Man who attacked Japan's ex-Prime Minister Kishida convicted and sentenced to 10 years, reports say
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison, according to local media reports. Ryuji Kimura, 25, was charged with attempted murder for the April 15, 2023 attack on ...
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Incumbent Democratic-backed Wisconsin education chief Underly advances in primary
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's Democratic-backed incumbent state schools leader advanced in Tuesday's three-person primary, overcoming challenges from a union-backed superintendent and an advocate for private schools supported by Republicans. The position leading Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction guides ed...
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2 people killed in Oregon avalanche near a snowmobile trail, authorities say
BEND, Ore. (AP) - Two people were killed in an avalanche in Oregon's Cascade Mountains, authorities said Tuesday. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office said that its search and rescue unit had recovered two bodies from near a snowmobile trail in Happy Valley. Earlier Tuesday, the sheriff's office said it had responded ...
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