B.C. shooting suspect dies after allegedly setting fire to apartment building: RCMP
FORT ST. JOHN - Police in northern British Columbia say a man was found dead inside a car Friday after he allegedly set fire to an apartment building and drove into the flames. Fort St. John RCMP say in a statement that the man had been a suspect in a shooting outside the same apartment complex that day. The Mounties s...
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Liberals, NDP release costed campaign platforms as advance voting continues
OTTAWA - With just over a week left before election day, Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh published documents on Saturday outlining their full campaign commitments and what they say they'll cost. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who was campaigning in Richmond, B.C. Saturday, said his full p...
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CKPG Today Fun Stuff
Celebrate Easter with games and crafts at Northern Lights Estate Winery
When the Easter bunny hops into town that means it's time to celebrate, and that may be done best with the folks at Northern Lights Estate Winery! Let your kids hop around with crafts, games, and more, all while you can enjoy some special wine! Learn more on the show as we play pin the tail on the bunny! Tickets are av...
Apr 17, 2025
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CKPG Today Food
Daydream Donuts sprinkling goodness in every bite
A donut a day can keep the doctor away, well that may not be true, having donuts can definitely bring you happiness! Why not dare to dream and check out the iconic Daydream Donuts downtown Prince George on George Street! We decided to drop by and show off some of their process!
Apr 17, 2025
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B.C. shooting suspect dies after allegedly setting fire to apartment building: RCMP
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New record set as 2 million vote on first day of advance polls: Elections Canada
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Liberals, NDP release costed campaign platforms as advance voting continues
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Prosecutor takes ill during sex offender's Charter hearing
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Air Quality
Dust advisory for Prince George-area lifted
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Prince George
Prosecutor takes ill during sex offender's Charter hearing
PRINCE GEORGE - A constitutional challenge by a man convicted last year of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend was abruptly adjourned April 17 when the Crown prosecutor said he felt ill.Justice Simon Coval took a sudden break before the scheduled afternoon recess. He returned to set April 30 and May 1 as the next d...
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Air Quality
Dust advisory for Prince George-area lifted
UPDATE (9:00 a.m.): The dust advisory has been lifted for the Prince George area. "Changing meteorological conditions have improved conditions across the region," a joint statement from the Ministry of Environment and Northern Health said. You can find real-time air quality observations and information regard...
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29 more NMP grads
PRINCE GEORGE -The Northern Medical Program saw its first cohort of aspiring doctors come through the door and today (April 17), another 29 doctors joined these doctors with a new white and a cedar shingle. "Here we are 20 years after the program started and the program is flourishing," says Dr. Paul Winwood,...
Apr 17, 2025
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Education
Teachers and school support workers feeling ignored during SD57 budget process
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George District Teachers' Association (PGDTA) and CUPE Local 3742 feel they have been ignored in School District 57's budget planning process.PGDTA President Katherine Trepanier calls it "unfortunate" and "deeply disappointing.""It's very unfortunate that the district...
Apr 17, 2025
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Federal Election 2025
New record set as 2 million vote on first day of advance polls: Elections Canada
Elections Canada says early voters set a new record for turnout on the first day of advanced polls.Nearly two million people showed up to cast a ballot on Friday, the first of four days for advanced voting in the federal election.Many of those voters were met with long lineups at polling stations across the country.Ele...
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Liberals, NDP release costed campaign platforms as advance voting continues
OTTAWA - With just over a week left before election day, Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh published documents on Saturday outlining their full campaign commitments and what they say they'll cost. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who was campaigning in Richmond, B.C. Saturday, said his full p...
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Liberals, NDP set to launch platforms today; main leaders near Toronto, Vancouver
OTTAWA - The Liberals and the NDP both say they will release their costed electoral platforms today. The documents come after advance voting began Friday with voters packing polling stations across the country. Liberal Leader Mark Carney will release his party's costed platform in Whitby, Ont., in the Greater Toronto A...
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Federal politics
Advance polling for federal election starts Friday
PRINCE GEORGE - Beginning Friday, you'll be able to cast an advance ballot for the April 28 federal election.According to Elections Canada, the advance polls will take place Friday April 18, Saturday April 19, Sunday April 20, and Monday April 21.Advance polls are open each day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and you may only vo...
Apr 16, 2025
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Special Olympics BC Summer Games
Special Olympics
Prince George bocce team looking forward to hosting Special Olympics
PRINCE GEORGE - The 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games will soon be in Prince George, and with the games only three months away the local bocce team is hard at work training and honing their skills."We're getting better, strength is getting there. We're having fun, that's the main part about it," said Bocc...
Apr 15, 2025
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Special Olympics
Local athletes prepare for 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games
PRINCE GEORGE - The 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games will be hosted in Prince George from July 10-12, and the chance to compete among hundreds of athletes has local athletes excited for the opportunity. "It's pride, we're showing them that we're capable and we're taking it seriously. And this is what we want ...
Apr 08, 2025
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Special Olympics
100-Day Countdown to 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games begins
PRINCE GEORGE- The 2025 Special Olympics B.C. Summer (SOBC) Games are coming to Prince George in 100 days. The occasion was celebrated at the Kin Centre Atrium, with speeches from the events organizing committee, 2025 SOBC Games Athlete Ambassadors and even some skill demonstration from a few athletes as well."Our...
Apr 01, 2025
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Northern BC
B.C. shooting suspect dies after allegedly setting fire to apartment building: RCMP
FORT ST. JOHN - Police in northern British Columbia say a man was found dead inside a car Friday after he allegedly set fire to an apartment building and drove into the flames. Fort St. John RCMP say in a statement that the man had been a suspect in a shooting outside the same apartment complex that day. The Mounties s...
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Education
Teachers and school support workers feeling ignored during SD57 budget process
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George District Teachers' Association (PGDTA) and CUPE Local 3742 feel they have been ignored in School District 57's budget planning process.PGDTA President Katherine Trepanier calls it "unfortunate" and "deeply disappointing.""It's very unfortunate that the district...
Apr 17, 2025
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Fire
One killed, another injured following gas plant fire north of Fort St John
FORT ST JOHN - A gas plant fire north of Fort St John Monday evening killed one person and injured another.Tourmaline Oil Corp. said there was a fire at its Gundy c-60 gas plant site approximately 150 kilometres north of Fort St John Monday night at 5:45 p.m. local time.The company confirmed that a contractor worker wa...
Apr 15, 2025
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Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Snotty Nose Rez Kids performing in Quesnel
QUESNEL - The City of Quesnel has announced the Snotty Nose Rez Kids will be making their debut in Quesnel. The Juno award winning artists will perform at the West Fraser Centre on Saturday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m."I think it's great for the community, we're pretty excited about it. They just won a Juno Award a couple...
Apr 14, 2025
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Cariboo Region
Federal politics
Independent candidate says more opportunities needed for youth
QUESNEL - An independent candidate has stepped forward in the Cariboo-Prince George riding. Kenneth B. Thomson is a Quesnel-based lawyer who says he's worried about a generation of younger people not joining the workforce. He says it's alarming how many 18-24 year olds aren't working and thinks homelessness and drug is...
Apr 10, 2025
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Real Estate
Horsefly realtor named new BC Northern Real Estate Board Chair
PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB) says Victor Khong has been elected as chair for the 2025-26 term, which got underway Friday (April 4).Khong has been a realtor with Horsefly Realty since 2014, and he has served on a number of BCNREB committees, including the Provincial, Federal, and Municipal ...
Apr 05, 2025
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Federal politics
Update: Liberal Party says Beach never green-lit nor acclaimed officially as candidate in Cariboo-Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: The Liberal Party has challenged Chris Beach's assertion that he was acclaimed or green-lit as the party's candidate in Cariboo-Prince George.A Liberal Party spokesperson sent us the following statement:"Chris Beach was a nomination candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of...
Apr 04, 2025
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IIO investigates
IIO investigating January 2024 Quesnel incident
QUESNEL - The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating an incident in Quesnel where one person sustained a serious injury while being taken into custody by members of the RCMP on January 6, 2024.According to the IIO, officers initially responded to a call about a person experiencing a mental healt...
Mar 19, 2025
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Sports
Cougars
Cougars 20-year-olds make jump from WHL to professional hockey
PRINCE GEORGE- Over a week after the Cougars season has concluded, a number of their top players have joined their NHL teams American Hockey League (AHL) affiliated clubs for the remainder of their 2024-25 season.Earlier this week, Cougars Captain Riley Heidt joined the Iowa Wild, while last summers 17th overall pick i...
Apr 16, 2025
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Spruce Kings eliminated from BCHL playoffs
The Prince George Spruce Kings where unable to complete an upset in game seven against the Chilliwack Chiefs on Tuesday night.Chiefs goaltender Quintin Miller stopped all 33 shots the Spruce Kings fired at him to earn his first BCHL playoff shutout in a 4-0 win for the Chiefs.The first goal of the game didn't come unti...
Apr 16, 2025
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Gymnastics
Local Prince George gymnast to represent BC at Western Canadian Championships
PRINCE GEORGE- Prince George gymnast Alencia Graham is preparing to represent Team BC at the Western Canadian Championship next weekend (Apr. 24-26) in Saskatoon. To qualify for the provincial team, Graham had to put up an impressive performance at the Twisters Invitational last month in Abbotsford."You have to ma...
Apr 15, 2025
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Canada
New Brunswick group hopes to foster pride in basketball's Canadian roots
ST. STEPHEN - The rise in patriotism prompted by a hostile U.S. president is renewing focus on everything Canada has given the world, and a small New Brunswick mill town wants people to know the sport of basketball belongs on that list. A brick building nestled between an empty lot and a sports bar in St. Stephen, N.B....
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Day 3 of advance polls finds Liberals in Ottawa, NDP, Conservatives in BC
OTTAWA - Canadians continue to head to the polls in advance voting today as federal leaders find themselves out West and in the capital. Both NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre remain in British Columbia on Sunday, where they will both make announcements. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is sch...
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Connor, Scheifele use their smarts to make Jets soar
WINNIPEG - Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele go together like laces and hockey skates. The Jets' top-line duo each had a goal and two assists to boost Winnipeg to a 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Saturday's Game 1 opening-round playoff match. Scheifele threaded a pass to set up Connor's one-timer with 1:36 remain...
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Frozen pastries recalled in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba and N.S.: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning consumers across multiple provinces that two brands of frozen pastries have been recalled due to salmonella concerns. The federal authority says Sweet Cream brand and D. Effe T. brand frozen pastries in the apollini mignon, mini lobster tail, Apollo K2, big lobstertail, sf...
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Visitor buildings burn in grass fire that swept Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
EDMONTON - Firefighters who battled a wind-fanned grass fire that spread to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village east of Edmonton managed to save the historic structures at the open-air museum, but provincial officials say the visitor centre buildings were lost. Alberta Arts, Culture and Status of Women Minister Tan...
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First Nations Health Authority backs harm reduction on B.C. overdose anniversary
WEST VANCOUVER - Deaths from toxic drugs may have dipped, but now is not the time to pull back on life-saving measures, especially given "misinformation" in the public discourse, the top doctor at British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority said Monday. Dr. Nel Wieman said First Nations continue to be d...
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World
JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after flap over migration
VATICAN CITY (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia. Vance's motorcade entered Vatican City through a side gate and parked near Francis' hotel residence while Easter Mass was being celebrated in St. Peter's Square. Francis, who has great...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announces an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared an Easter ceasefire in the 3-year-old conflict in Ukraine. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia has pushed Ukrainian forces from one of their last remaining footholds in Russia's Kursk region, off...
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in the last 48 hours, Palestinians say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - More than 90 people have been killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes in the last 48 hours, Gaza's Health Ministry said Saturday. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants. The dead include at least 15 people killed overnight, among them women and children, some of ...
Apr 19, 2025
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