B.C. political leaders call for premier to do more amid looming trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia politicians are calling on the premier to do more as the province prepares to face U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods as well as retaliation by Ottawa. The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders Saturday to slap Canada with duties of 10 per cent on energy and 25 per...
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Spruce Kings Signing
Spruce Kings sign veteran QMJHL goaltender Charles-Edward Gravel
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have bolstered their crease with the signing of goaltender Charles-Edward Gravel for the rest of the 2024-2025 BCHL season. Gravel, a six-foot-one, 194-pound right-handed catching netminder from Lévis, Quebec has played in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (...
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CKPG Today Lifestyle
Selling soon? Here are some simple steps that can help you prepare now
If you're looking to sell soon, there are some easy steps you can do while the snow is still on the ground! Learn more from Realtor Kristine Newell.
Jan 31, 2025
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Learn more about the Hart Slam Rail Jam
The Hart Ski Hill is inviting skiers and snowboarders of various levels out on Saturday for the annual Hart Slam Rail Jam event! Test your skills in front of the judges to see if you can take home a prize! Competitors must show up at the hill before 10 AM to be registered. Learn more info here.
Jan 31, 2025
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Spruce Kings Signing
Spruce Kings sign veteran QMJHL goaltender Charles-Edward Gravel
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Cougars 5 Americans 2
Cougars sweep Americans to end five-game home stand
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UNBC Basketball Recap
Baukin, Boykova star as UNBC drop Saturday games to UFV
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Risk of Frostbite
Extreme cold warning issued for Prince George area
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Missing Man
Vanderhoof RCMP looking for missing 40-year-old man
Feb 01, 2025
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Spruce Kings Signing
Spruce Kings sign veteran QMJHL goaltender Charles-Edward Gravel
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have bolstered their crease with the signing of goaltender Charles-Edward Gravel for the rest of the 2024-2025 BCHL season. Gravel, a six-foot-one, 194-pound right-handed catching netminder from Lévis, Quebec has played in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (...
18h ago
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Cougars 5 Americans 2
Cougars sweep Americans to end five-game home stand
PRINCE GEORGE - Riley Heidt wrote his name into the record books with a four-point night Saturday (Feb. 1) as the Prince George Cougars beat the Tri-City Americans 5-2 at CN Centre. Three of Heidt's points were assists meaning he tied Mark Morrison's all-time franchise record of 235, dating back to the Cougars time in ...
20h ago
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UNBC Basketball Recap
Baukin, Boykova star as UNBC drop Saturday games to UFV
PRINCE GEORGE -The UNBC Timberwolves were no match for the Fraser Valley Cascades Saturday (Feb. 1) night at Brownridge Court.The men's team dropped a 94-65 decision to the Cascades, to drop to 1-15.Evgeny Baukin led all scorers with 23 points, and he did so without playing a second of the fourth quarter. The third-yea...
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Risk of Frostbite
Extreme cold warning issued for Prince George area
PRINCE GEORGE - Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for the Prince George area Sunday (Feb. 2). It says people in the area, as well as those in Stuart - Nechako, can expect a period of very cold wind chills this morning. "Very early morning temperatures are combining with gusty northerly winds to...
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What's Trending
Spruce Kings Signing
Spruce Kings sign veteran QMJHL goaltender Charles-Edward Gravel
18h ago
Cougars 5 Americans 2
Cougars sweep Americans to end five-game home stand
20h ago
UNBC Basketball Recap
Baukin, Boykova star as UNBC drop Saturday games to UFV
21h ago
Risk of Frostbite
Extreme cold warning issued for Prince George area
21h ago
Missing Man
Vanderhoof RCMP looking for missing 40-year-old man
Feb 01, 2025
Northern BC
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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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 ...
Jan 28, 2025
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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...
Jan 27, 2025
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Cariboo Region
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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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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Sports
Spruce Kings Signing
Spruce Kings sign veteran QMJHL goaltender Charles-Edward Gravel
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have bolstered their crease with the signing of goaltender Charles-Edward Gravel for the rest of the 2024-2025 BCHL season. Gravel, a six-foot-one, 194-pound right-handed catching netminder from Lévis, Quebec has played in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (...
18h ago
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Cougars 5 Americans 2
Cougars sweep Americans to end five-game home stand
PRINCE GEORGE - Riley Heidt wrote his name into the record books with a four-point night Saturday (Feb. 1) as the Prince George Cougars beat the Tri-City Americans 5-2 at CN Centre. Three of Heidt's points were assists meaning he tied Mark Morrison's all-time franchise record of 235, dating back to the Cougars time in ...
20h ago
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UNBC Basketball Recap
Baukin, Boykova star as UNBC drop Saturday games to UFV
PRINCE GEORGE -The UNBC Timberwolves were no match for the Fraser Valley Cascades Saturday (Feb. 1) night at Brownridge Court.The men's team dropped a 94-65 decision to the Cascades, to drop to 1-15.Evgeny Baukin led all scorers with 23 points, and he did so without playing a second of the fourth quarter. The third-yea...
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Canada
In the news today: Trump and Trudeau to talk amid pending trade war
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump and Trudeau to talk as Canada braces for trade war with its southern neighbour Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to speak with President Donald Trump today as Canada's leaders scramble to prepare for a trade war with...
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As birth tourism rises again, will Trump's citizenship moves send more Canada's way?
RICHMOND, B.C. - Vancouver-based birth tourism operator Liga Lin says her phone has been buzzing with inquiries from expectant mothers since U.S. President Donald Trump moved to end American birthright citizenship. Lin's business, New Joy Postpartum Care, arranges accommodation and services for non-resident women - mos...
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Observers call for pressure on U.S. corporations as Trump, Musk take aim at Canada
OTTAWA - As U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk take aim at Canada, some high-level observers are calling on the federal government to consider sanctioning or even banning corporations owned by those close to Trump - much as it did with Russian oligarchs after the invasion of Ukraine. "We better have a repor...
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Ontario votes: Campaign stops and TV appearances after Trump's tariff announcement
Party leaders in Ontario are back at it this morning as a trade war looms over the provincial election campaign. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford will make a campaign stop in Etobicoke, going over what a news release calls how to "protect Ontario" in between appearances on various American news broad...
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Trump and Trudeau to talk as Canada braces for trade war with its southern neighbour
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to speak with President Donald Trump today as Canada's leaders scramble to prepare for a trade war with the United States. Trump mentioned the planned conversation after returning to Washington from Florida on Sunday night and Trudeau's office confirmed a call is sched...
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B.C. political leaders call for premier to do more amid looming trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia politicians are calling on the premier to do more as the province prepares to face U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods as well as retaliation by Ottawa. The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders Saturday to slap Canada with duties of 10 per cent on energy and 25 per...
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World
USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it
WASHINGTON (AP) - Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency's Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency. USAID staffers said t...
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USAID staffers are instructed to stay out of the agency's Washington headquarters
WASHINGTON (AP) - Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency's Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency. USAID staffers said t...
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Officials say remains of 55 of 67 victims of midair collision have been recovered and identified
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Authorities said Sunday they have recovered the remains of 55 of the 67 people killed in the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001. Washington, D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said at a news conference that divers still need to find the bodies of 12 more victims and are committed to the dig...
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