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Should Prince George City Council have made further cuts to lower the approved 6.21% tax hike?
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Prince George

Local boxers
Local boxers shine at recent tournament
PRINCE GEORGE - The Inner City Boxing PG Wardogs boxing team impressed in the recent Alberta Silver Gloves championships in Medicine Hat, as 12 year old Audrey Edmunds and 16 year old Thunder Innis won their fights by unanimous decision."It was going really good. I definitely stood out in the first two rounds and ...
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Crime
Independent Investigation Office clears Mackenzie officer following a death on June 1, 2024
PRINCE GEORGE- The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of B.C. has concluded its investigation into a police-involved shooting death of a man in Mackenzie.The IIO report the situation began on June 1, 2024 when an individual allegedly tried to cash a fraudulent cheque. The teller reported it to the police when she ...
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Tourism Prince George looking positive
PRINCE GEORGE - The new Visitor Information adjacent to the Conference ad Civic Centre is in the move-in stage, gearing up for the busy tourism season. But even with an abbreviated summer season with operations handled from a sea can in Canada Games Plaza, they saw a 15 per cent increase in visitation over the summer b...
15h ago
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Furever Friends
Prince George Humane Society is inundated with puppies
PRINCE GEORGE- The PG Humane Society on Landsdowne Road is being terrorized by a litter of 8 puppies. Which is why they are hoping you will adopt one.The puppies came from Fort St. James with their mother Sasha. Jamie Walsh, lead operations of the PG Humane Society says that judging by how sweet and gentle Sasha is, th...
16h ago
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Northern BC

Crime
Police charge one man in connection with Dawson Creek Shooting
NORTHERN B.C.- The B.C. Prosecution Service have approved charges for a shooting that took place in Dawson Creek on January 19. Nolan Douglas Schmidt has been charged with second degree murder after a man was found dead on 102nd Avenue. The second individual that police located at a nearby hotel is still in the hospita...
18h ago
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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 ...
Jan 23, 2025
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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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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: Ford set to dissolve government for early election
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ford set to dissolve government for early election Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to request the dissolution of provincial parliament today and trigger an early election for Feb. 27. Ford's office says he will visit Lt.-Gov. Edi...
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Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say
For more than a decade, Wisconsin native Douglas Cowgill has helped Americans in Canada navigate the complex task of renouncing their U.S. citizenship, cutting themselves loose from that nation's Internal Revenue Service in the process. But it was only in 2023 that Cowgill - a dual citizen at the time with a Canadian w...
6h ago
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Inquiry report to suggest ways of bolstering election integrity
OTTAWA - Fresh recommendations are expected today from a commission of inquiry into foreign interference - including advice on when the public should be told of meddling during a federal election campaign. The final report from commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue will also address simmering allegations about the acti...
6h ago
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Quebec legislature returns for spring session amid Trump tariff threat
MONTREAL - The Quebec legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for a spring session likely to be dominated by the threat of a trade war with the United States and a renewed focus on secularism and identity. On the eve of the national assembly's return, Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge announced the governme...
6h ago
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Why the Year of the Snake is constricting festive decoration sales in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. - Cecilia Liang's Lunar New Year decoration stall has been an annual fixture in the Yaohan Centre in Richmond, B.C., for 25 years - but she knew some products would be a tough sell this year. With the Year of the Snake dawning on Wednesday, Liang and other decoration vendors say sales have slithered down...
6h ago
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Hitmen face sentencing for B.C. murder of former Air India suspect Malik
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - One of the admitted hitmen who killed former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik is set to be sentenced for his part in the murder today in a New Westminster, B.C., courtroom. Tanner Fox and accomplice Jose Lopez pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last October, with Fox scheduled...
6h ago
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