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Cooper Michaluk's first career shutout leads Cougars to win over Thunderbirds
PRINCE GEORGE - Cooper Michaluk's first career shutout led the Prince George Cougars to a 3-0 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds Saturday (Jan. 5) night. The 19-year-old Michaluk was the hero in a green shell, as he stopped all 24 shots he faced in his 81st career WHL game for his 25th win, and fourth of this season on ...
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Charges Laid in Stabbing Death
Manslaughter charges laid after suspicious death in Anahim Lake
CARIBOO - A 22-year-old man is facing a manslaughter charge in connection with the suspicious death of a 26-year-old at a house near Nimpo Lake in the Cariboo.The RCMP in nearby Anahim Lake say charges have been approved against Winston Tallio, who remains in custody pending his next court appearance.The charges come d...
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From Team CKPG Today
Looking back: Thank you for a great 2024
It's truly hard to sum up 2024 for our CKPG Today Show, a calendar year filled with so many memorable moments in our region both on-air and off-air. This show is built to celebrate and champion local people and organizations with one key three-letter word involved in every interview or feature you see: fun. We reached ...
Dec 31, 2024
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CKPG Today Wrapped
Caden and Producer Zach sit down to share some stories from the year!
Dec 27, 2024
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BCNRF 2025
BCNRF 2025: Western Canada's Premier Resource Conference
Court Appearance
Man accused of firearms offences to appear Monday in B.C. Supreme Court
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Spruce Kings give up four unanswered in 4-1 defeat to Surrey
Jan 04, 2025
Air Quality
Air quality statement issued for Vanderhoof-area
Jan 04, 2025
Airport carjacking
Second carjacking in 5-month span raises concern for Prince George
Jan 04, 2025
Prince George
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Cooper Michaluk's first career shutout leads Cougars to win over Thunderbirds
PRINCE GEORGE - Cooper Michaluk's first career shutout led the Prince George Cougars to a 3-0 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds Saturday (Jan. 5) night. The 19-year-old Michaluk was the hero in a green shell, as he stopped all 24 shots he faced in his 81st career WHL game for his 25th win, and fourth of this season on ...
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Court Appearance
Man accused of firearms offences to appear Monday in B.C. Supreme Court
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Provincial Court Judge Martin Nadon cancelled the preliminary hearing for a man facing multiple firearms charges.On Friday, Jan. 3, Kaiden Philippe Joseph Imbeault-Bachand, 24, appeared briefly by videoconference. Imbeault-Bachand's lawyer, Anthony Zipp, told Nadon that he had reached a co...
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Spruce Kings give up four unanswered in 4-1 defeat to Surrey
SURREY B.C. - The Prince George Spruce Kings struck first, but then gave up four in the third period, in a 4-1 defeat to the Surrey Eagles Friday (Jan. 3) night.Will Moore opened the scoring for the Kings with the only goal of the second period as Prince George led 1-0 after 40 minutes of hockey at the South Surrey Are...
Jan 04, 2025
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Airport carjacking
Second carjacking in 5-month span raises concern for Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - The armed carjacking that took place at the Prince George Airport on Christmas Day at around 11:00 p.m. has raised concern for both the RCMP and the airport. This is the second carjacking at the airport in 2024, and the second in a five month window, and the relatively short time between the incidents h...
Jan 04, 2025
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Cooper Michaluk's first career shutout leads Cougars to win over Thunderbirds
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BCNRF 2025
BCNRF 2025: Western Canada's Premier Resource Conference
Court Appearance
Man accused of firearms offences to appear Monday in B.C. Supreme Court
2h ago
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Spruce Kings give up four unanswered in 4-1 defeat to Surrey
Jan 04, 2025
Air Quality
Air quality statement issued for Vanderhoof-area
Jan 04, 2025
Airport carjacking
Second carjacking in 5-month span raises concern for Prince George
Jan 04, 2025
Northern BC
Air Quality
Air quality statement issued for Vanderhoof-area
VANDERHOOF - Environment Canada has issued an air quality advisory for the Vanderhoof-area because of high concentrations of fine particulate matter. In a statement, the weather agency and Northern Health say the air quality in the area is only expected to improve if the weather conditions change. The statement says ex...
Jan 04, 2025
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Cellular service
5 new cell towers activated along Highway of Tears
PRINCE GEORGE - Good news for those who rely on the Highway of Tears for transportation. Rogers says its turned on five new cell towers along the route between Prince George and Prince Rupert. Nine out of 11 promised towers are now complete - delivering 166 kilometres of 5G cell service along the route. The route is 72...
Dec 30, 2024
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Benefits
BC to boost benefits in January
VICTORIA - Some of us will be receiving some help with our holidays bills next month. The provincial government says quarterly climate action tax credits arrive in bank accounts this Friday. Approximately 65% of families and individuals will receive the benefit. Later next month, more than 340,000 families with lower o...
Dec 30, 2024
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Suspicious Death
RCMP Major Crime unit investigating suspicious death in Mackenzie
MACKENZIE B.C. - The North District Major Crime Unit (NDMCU) is investigating the "suspicious death" of a man who was found on the outskirts of Mackenzie, north of Prince George. Police say officers from the Mackenzie detachment were called to reports of a man who was lying on the edge of the road around 10:0...
Dec 29, 2024
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Cariboo Region
Charges Laid in Stabbing Death
Manslaughter charges laid after suspicious death in Anahim Lake
CARIBOO - A 22-year-old man is facing a manslaughter charge in connection with the suspicious death of a 26-year-old at a house near Nimpo Lake in the Cariboo.The RCMP in nearby Anahim Lake say charges have been approved against Winston Tallio, who remains in custody pending his next court appearance.The charges come d...
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Crime
26-year-old man stabbed to death in Anahim Lake
CARIBOO- RCMP in Anahim Lake were called to a residence near Nimpo Lake after a report of a fight on the evening of December 30.Upon arrival police located a 26-year-old male resident who was found suffering from stab wounds.According to the release "EHS and police performed life saving measures, however the man s...
Dec 31, 2024
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Wildfire Recap
BC Wildfire Service recaps fourth-worst fire season on record
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service says it responded to 1,688 wildfires since April 1 of this year, which burned a little over a million hectares of land across the province during the 2024 wildfire season. Most of the land burned - 810,876 hectares - was in the Prince George Fire Centre, where there were a total of 44...
Dec 29, 2024
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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...
Dec 21, 2024
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Sports
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Cooper Michaluk's first career shutout leads Cougars to win over Thunderbirds
PRINCE GEORGE - Cooper Michaluk's first career shutout led the Prince George Cougars to a 3-0 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds Saturday (Jan. 5) night. The 19-year-old Michaluk was the hero in a green shell, as he stopped all 24 shots he faced in his 81st career WHL game for his 25th win, and fourth of this season on ...
23m ago
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Spruce Kings give up four unanswered in 4-1 defeat to Surrey
SURREY B.C. - The Prince George Spruce Kings struck first, but then gave up four in the third period, in a 4-1 defeat to the Surrey Eagles Friday (Jan. 3) night.Will Moore opened the scoring for the Kings with the only goal of the second period as Prince George led 1-0 after 40 minutes of hockey at the South Surrey Are...
Jan 04, 2025
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T-Birds play spoilsport in first Cougars home game of 2025
PRINCE GEORGE - It wasn't a happy return home for the Prince George Cougars, who fell 3-1 to the Seattle Thunderbirds Friday (Jan. 3) night in their first game at the CN Centre in nearly a month.Borya Valis scored the lone goal for the Cats late in the third period to cut Seattle's lead in half, but it wasn't enough as...
Jan 04, 2025
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Canada
Over a dozen injured after bus swerves on Quebec road near Canada - U.S. border
MONTREAL - Over a dozen people were injured after a bus swerved and crashed onto its side near the Canada-U.S. border in Quebec's Eastern Townships region Saturday night. Quebec provincial police says the bus was travelling on Route 133 when the driver lost control at around 8:30 p.m. in Saint-Armand, Que., about 62 ki...
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As domestic violence death toll mounts in N.S., calls come to fund support agencies
HALIFAX - Experts on domestic violence say a series of deaths in Nova Scotia over the past three months highlight the need to improve funding for the programs that battle the root causes of intimate partner violence. The latest deaths came on New Year's Eve, as 39-year-old Matthew Costain allegedly shot and killed his ...
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Quebec confirms 4 new cases in measles outbreak, warns of possible exposure
MONTREAL - Quebec's health department is warning people who may have been exposed to measles in several regions of the province to monitor for symptoms amid a new outbreak of the disease. Marie-Pierre Blier with the Quebec health department says four cases have been confirmed in the province as of Friday in connection ...
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Resident near Montreal injured in home invasion, struck with handgun
MONTREAL - A man in his 50s was injured after being struck by a handgun during an overnight home invasion on Montreal's South Shore. Longueuil police say three suspects broke into a home in the St-Hubert borough at around 12:45 a.m. today. Spokesperson Mélanie Mercille says the victim was not transported to hosp...
Jan 04, 2025
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WestJet denies compensation to Taylor Swift fan after flight cancellation
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - WestJet has denied compensation to a devout Taylor Swift fan whose cancelled flight triggered a 10-hour drive through the night from Prince George to make the singer's shows in Vancouver last month. Carol Hansson says she and other Swifties on the flight incurred hundreds of dollars in costs after...
Jan 04, 2025
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'Support better care': Advocates argue need for mental health emergency service
Khalil Dorival knows what it's like to feel lonely. The Toronto-based mental health advocate has struggled with social anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. "I really suffered in silence, and I used many ways to cope in unhealthy and toxic ways," he says, adding he turned his life around and uses his sto...
Jan 04, 2025
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World
The FBI says the man responsible for New Year's truck attack visited New Orleans twice before
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The man responsible for the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day that killed 14 people visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with hands-free glasses, an FBI official said Sunday. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Houston, also traveled to Cairo, Egypt, ...
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Austrian People's Party nominates Christian Stocker as interim leader after Nehammer resigns
VIENNA (AP) - Austrian People's Party has nominated its General Secretary Christian Stocker as interim leader after the expected resignation of Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Austrian news agency APA reported. Stocker, a lawyer and member of the Austrian Parliament, has served as general secretary of the People's Party sinc...
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Austrian People's Party nominates Christian Stocker as interim leader after Nehammer resigns
VIENNA (AP) - Austrian People's Party has nominated its General Secretary Christian Stocker as interim leader after the expected resignation of Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Austrian news agency APA reported. Stocker, a lawyer and member of the Austrian Parliament, has served as general secretary of the People's Party sinc...
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