Oysters distributed in B.C., Alberta, Ontario recalled for norovirus contamination
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall due to possible norovirus contamination of certain oysters distributed in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. The agency says the recall covers certain Fanny Bay, Sunseeker and Cloudy Bay oysters under the Taylor Shellfish Canada brand. The recall says most of ...
5h ago
Read More
Some dogs seized from 'irresponsible breeder' in Quesnel available for adoption: BC SPCA
QUESNEL - The BC SPCA says it has seen an outpouring of love and concern in the wake of the seizure of 59 dogs and 14 birds from an irresponsible breeder in Quesnel. In a post on Facebook, it says each of the animals will be cared for at their own pace, based on their needs and the severity of their condition when they...
7h ago
Read More
CKPG Today Fun Stuff
Hear from Santa direct from the North Pole
December is most definitely the busiest month for Santa Claus as he prepares for Christmas Day on December 25th. We were lucky enough to catch up with the big man himself on the show to talk about how things are going and how even he has become a Swiftie!
Dec 21, 2024
Read More
CKPG Today Community
Learn more about Birthday Tea at Simon Fraser Lodge
On this edition of Fridays with the YMCA we catch up with the hard-working folks at Simon Fraser Lodge who put on the December edition of Birthday Tea, a celebration for anyone who has a birthday in December but also anyone who wants some ice cream.
Dec 21, 2024
Read More
What's Trending
Guilty verdict for man dealing fentanyl in Prince George
10h ago
BCNRF 2025
BCNRF 2025: Western Canada's Premier Resource Conference
Spengler Cup
Former Spruce King to play for Canada at 2024 Spengler Cup
11h ago
Fog
Fog advisory across Prince George, Quesnel area
12h ago
Community
Prince George residents have adopted hundreds of animals according to two of the largest rescues
Dec 21, 2024
Looking for Justice
"I could see the last minutes of my dad's life:" Albert Poole's family looks for answers 1 year after hit and run
Dec 21, 2024
Prince George
Guilty verdict for man dealing fentanyl in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - A judge found a Prince George man guilty Friday, Dec. 20 in Provincial Court of two counts of possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking.Prince George RCMP arrested and seized drugs from Cody Allen Stovin, 40, before 11 p.m. on April 12, 2022, while he was under surveillance. He had just left...
10h ago
Read More
Spengler Cup
Former Spruce King to play for Canada at 2024 Spengler Cup
PRINCE GEORGE - A former Prince George Spruce King will play for Team Canada at this year's Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. Layton Ahac, who was part of the Fred Page Cup and Doyle Cup winning team in 2018-19, was one of nine defencemen named to Canada's Spenger Cup roster Friday (Dec. 20). A third-round draft pick...
11h ago
Read More
Fog
Fog advisory across Prince George, Quesnel area
PRINCE GEORGE - A fog advisory is in place for Prince George and parts of the North Cariboo Saturday (Dec. 21) morning. Environment Canada says areas of dense fog have developed and are expected to linger through this morning. "Visibility may be significantly and suddenly reduced to near zero," the weather ag...
12h ago
Read More
Community
Prince George residents have adopted hundreds of animals according to two of the largest rescues
PRINCE GEORGE- The B.C. SPCA in Prince George and the Prince George Humane Society will be seeing some big changes in the New year. The Humane Society will now be taking over the Animal Shelter building for the City. The B.C. SPCA, on the other hand, will be moving to a community service model until they find a new loc...
Dec 21, 2024
Read More
What's Trending
Guilty verdict for man dealing fentanyl in Prince George
10h ago
BCNRF 2025
BCNRF 2025: Western Canada's Premier Resource Conference
Spengler Cup
Former Spruce King to play for Canada at 2024 Spengler Cup
11h ago
Fog
Fog advisory across Prince George, Quesnel area
12h ago
Community
Prince George residents have adopted hundreds of animals according to two of the largest rescues
Dec 21, 2024
Looking for Justice
"I could see the last minutes of my dad's life:" Albert Poole's family looks for answers 1 year after hit and run
Dec 21, 2024
Northern BC
Politics
Bachrach supports Singh's non-confidence threat, calls events in Ottawa this week 'a sideshow'
.SMITHERS - Skeena-Bulkley NDP MP Taylor Bachrach has reacted to party leader Jagmeet Singh's promise to table a non-confidence motion when business in the House of Commons is scheduled to return at the end of next month. He says he supports the decision, arguing that the governing Liberals have become "a bit of a...
Dec 20, 2024
Read More
Crime
Houston stabbing victim airlifted to UHNBC
PRINCE GEORGE - A 33-year-old Houston BC resident was airlifted to UHNBC in Prince George early Wednesday morning after he was stabbed.RCMP have arrested a 36-year-old male in connection with the incident who's facing an aggravated assault with a weapon charge. He's due to appear in court Thursday (Dec.19). The stabbin...
Dec 19, 2024
Read More
Crime
Beaverly gas station robbery leads to three arrests
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP arrested three suspects they allege robbed a gas station in Beaverly Monday night.Prince George RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper says the theft occurred at a gas station on the 11400-block of Carmel Drive just after 8:30 p.m.She says the lone gas station attendant reported that two people ca...
Dec 18, 2024
Read More
Weather
Snowfall warning issued for Prince George and region
PRINCE GEORGE - Time to get those shovels and snow blowers ready.Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Prince George, the Pine Pass, Quesnel, Williams Lake, and Stuart-Nechako (South of Highway 16).Ten to 15 centimetres of snow is expected to fall between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning."A moist...
Dec 17, 2024
Read More
Cariboo Region
Some dogs seized from 'irresponsible breeder' in Quesnel available for adoption: BC SPCA
QUESNEL - The BC SPCA says it has seen an outpouring of love and concern in the wake of the seizure of 59 dogs and 14 birds from an irresponsible breeder in Quesnel. In a post on Facebook, it says each of the animals will be cared for at their own pace, based on their needs and the severity of their condition when they...
7h ago
Read More
Fog
Fog advisory across Prince George, Quesnel area
PRINCE GEORGE - A fog advisory is in place for Prince George and parts of the North Cariboo Saturday (Dec. 21) morning. Environment Canada says areas of dense fog have developed and are expected to linger through this morning. "Visibility may be significantly and suddenly reduced to near zero," the weather ag...
12h ago
Read More
Crime
Police dog helps RCMP track repeat offender
QUESNEL - Quesnel RCMP, with the help of a police dog, tracked down a repeat offender south of Quesnel Monday (Dec.16).It all started when Quesnel Mounties received a report of a stolen vehicle at 4:44 p.m.. Police located the stolen vehicle about 45 minutes later in the Quesnel Wal-Mart parking lot with the driver ins...
Dec 17, 2024
Read More
Mt. Polley
Fifteen fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached
VICTORIA - Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 million cubic metres of waste water into B.C. Interior waterways. A statement from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service...
Dec 10, 2024
Read More
Sports
Spengler Cup
Former Spruce King to play for Canada at 2024 Spengler Cup
PRINCE GEORGE - A former Prince George Spruce King will play for Team Canada at this year's Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. Layton Ahac, who was part of the Fred Page Cup and Doyle Cup winning team in 2018-19, was one of nine defencemen named to Canada's Spenger Cup roster Friday (Dec. 20). A third-round draft pick...
11h ago
Read More
Cariboo Cougars
Cariboo Cougars prepare for Circle K Classic tournament
PRINCE GEORGE- The U18 AAA Cariboo Cougars are preparing for their biggest tournament of the year, the Circle K Classic in Calgary. The tournament kicks of on December 27 and crowns a champion on New Years Day 2025.The tournament has produced more than 80 players to play in the NHL and many more that have gone on to pl...
Dec 20, 2024
Read More
Spruce Kings
Spruce Kings sign Swedish defenseman
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have added a player to their roster.They've signed 6'1, 180 pound defenseman Ludvig Basth (05) from Brynas IF J20 for the remainder of this season.Basth hails from Gavle, Sweden and has played the past five seasons in the Brynas IF program for the J18 Region and Nationell,...
Dec 19, 2024
Read More
Canada
Oysters distributed in B.C., Alberta, Ontario recalled for norovirus contamination
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall due to possible norovirus contamination of certain oysters distributed in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. The agency says the recall covers certain Fanny Bay, Sunseeker and Cloudy Bay oysters under the Taylor Shellfish Canada brand. The recall says most of ...
5h ago
Read More
Montreal police search for man accused of attempted murder of woman found in river
MONTREAL - Montreal police are searching for a man accused of attempting to a kill a woman Friday after he allegedly abducted her and forced her into a car, which later plunged into the Richelieu River. Police spokesperson Mariane Allaire Morin says the force received a call at around 9 a.m. Friday about a man abductin...
7h ago
Read More
Overheated immigration system needed 'discipline' infusion: minister
OTTAWA - An "overheated" immigration system that admitted record numbers of newcomers to the country has harmed Canada's decades-old consensus on the benefits of immigration, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said, as he reflected on the changes in his department in a year-end interview. The system, he said, n...
17h ago
Read More
Music maker, 88, creates unique horn section, with moose antler bass guitar and cello
Eighty-eight-year-old Lorne Collie has been making musical instruments for more than three decades, creations that dazzle for their unique materials as much as their sound. There's a hefty bass guitar and a cello made of moose antlers, a baseball bat violin, ukuleles made of cookie tins, and guitars fashioned from pitc...
19h ago
Read More
B.C. mayor gets calls from across Canada about 'crazy' plan to recruit doctors
The mayor of the suburban Victoria community of Colwood says he's getting calls from municipal leaders across Canada who have heard about his community's "out-of-the-box" plan to recruit family doctors as city workers. Mayor Doug Kobayashi announced this week that Colwood has hired its first family doctor for...
Dec 20, 2024
Read More
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces new lieutenant-governor for B.C.
VICTORIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of longtime businesswoman and philanthropist Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia as British Columbia's 31st lieutenant-governor. Trudeau says in a statement that Lisogar-Cocchia is a respected entrepreneur in the hospitality industry and a dedicated community lea...
Dec 20, 2024
Read More
World
Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, the U.S military said. Both pilots were recovered alive, with one suffering minor injuries, but the incident underlines just how dangerous the Red Sea corridor has become aft...
1h ago
Read More
Stolen base king Rickey Henderson dies at 65
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died. He was 65. Henderson died on Friday. The Athletics said Saturday they were "shocked and heartbroken by his passing," but did not specify a cause of ...
5h ago
Read More
Pope has a cold and will skip outdoor Sunday prayer ahead of a busy week
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis is suffering from a cold and will deliver his Sunday blessing from indoors, the Vatican said, announcing the precautions ahead of a busy Christmas period and launch of the Holy Year that will sorely test Francis' stamina and health. The Vatican cited the cold temperatures outside and Francis' s...
12h ago
Read More