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Prince George

Indigenous
Tsay Keh Dene Nation secures $11 million federal grant
TSAY KEH DENE- Tsay Keh Dene Nation has been provided an 11 million dollar grant by the federal government to help improve the Nations community. The Grant Agreement was signed on March 15, 2024, with the Nation outlining key investments in housing, strengthening governance, and creating new economic opportunities. Tsa...
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New flight
New direct flight to Calgary could mean great news for Prince George's economy
PRINCE GEORGE - A new direct flight from Prince George to Calgary has been announced by the Prince George airport and Central Mountain Air. Flying four times a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, this new flight will first take off on March 3 to meet rising demand for flights to and from Calgary."When w...
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Avalanche Death
Avalanche Death
Golden - The Golden RCMP confirmed on Monday that a 42-year-old man from Golden, B.C., lost his life in an avalanche incident. According to police, he and another individual had been backcountry skiing near Mount Kapristo in the Selkirk mountain range, located southeast of Golden.One of the men managed to return home a...
16h ago
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Spruce Kings Future
Spruce Kings GM reassures fans: 'We're on solid ground'
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have been in the community for over 50 years, but will that longevity continue? That's the question following recent reports that the league's most successful franchise, the Penticton Vees, may be moving to the WHL next season. CKPG News spoke to the Kings' longtime genera...
17h ago
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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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Canada

Boy charged with murder in quadruple homicide on Saskatchewan First Nation
REGINA - A 15-year-old boy is facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting deaths of four people on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan. The teen cannot be identified due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He is scheduled to appear today in Regina court. Police say the boy and 18-year-old Darrius Racette were...
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Second person arrested in Montreal Jewish school shooting in November 2023
MONTREAL - Montreal police say they've arrested a second suspect in a shooting at a Montreal Jewish school in November 2023. A 19-year-old was arrested Wednesday for the shooting on Nov. 12, 2023, at Yeshiva Gedola Jewish school of Montreal, located in the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough. Bullet...
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New poll says 27% of Canadians view the United States as an 'enemy' country
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests that more than a quarter of Canadians - 27 per cent - now see the United States as an "enemy" country, while another 30 per cent still say they consider the U.S. an ally. Another 27 per cent of respondents to the Leger survey said they consider the United States to be a "neut...
6h ago
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In the news today: Canadians perception of U.S. changing, as new lumber tariffs loom
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Poll says 27% of Canadians see U.S. as an 'enemy' A new poll suggests that more than a quarter of Canadians - 27 per cent - now see the United States as an "enemy" country, while another 30 per cent still say they consid...
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Politics and sports set to collide as Canada, U.S. meet in 4 Nations final
BOSTON - Sports and politics will collide tonight in Boston as archrivals Canada and the United States compete in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off. What might have been initially conceived as an exhibition international hockey tournament in advance of the NHL's return to Olympic competition in 2026 has turned into a...
7h ago
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After Chinese company divested from Calgary lithium firm, mystery firm stepped in
The federal government is going to court to force a Toronto company to sell a $34-million stake in a Calgary-based lithium firm that it bought off a Chinese company. The government had already deemed the previous Chinese owner's investment in Lithium Chile Inc. to be harmful to national security, and it says in a Feder...
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