Widlife
Two waterfowl lovers help ensure wintering ducks survive the winter
PRINCE GEORGE-Starting in December, two retired local wildlife enthusiasts go out and feed the ducks at cottonwood island park. Through their efforts they hope to ensure this population has ample opportunity to survive in the spring.A number of years ago, when I was stationed in Prince George, there was a number of bir...
Dec 25, 2024
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Community
Turning tragedy into charity: grade five student helps feed those in need
PRINCE GEORGE- Carter Thomas is a grade five student who chooses to spends some of his evenings cooking food for people on the street. Not just to help those less fortunate but to also see his own family who are experiencing homelessness."I just wanted to do this for the homeless so I can actually see my mom and d...
Dec 25, 2024
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CKPG Today Fun Stuff
The 12 days of Prince George-mas: 2024 edition
Introducing the 12 days of Prince George-mas, the 2024 edition with Grace Hoksbergen!
Dec 24, 2024
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CKPG Today Drinks
Drinks to take your holidays to the next level
Looking for some drink ideas to get you through the holiday season? Look no further than these hit drinks from the bar at Nancy O's downtown Prince George!
Dec 24, 2024
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Two waterfowl lovers help ensure wintering ducks survive the winter
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Turning tragedy into charity: grade five student helps feed those in need
Dec 25, 2024
Fire
Fire destroys building at Red Rock weigh scale
Dec 24, 2024
Furever Friends
This adorable pudgy cat is looking for a home in Prince George
Dec 24, 2024
Animal services
City and Humane Society begin partnership January 1
Dec 23, 2024
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Widlife
Two waterfowl lovers help ensure wintering ducks survive the winter
PRINCE GEORGE-Starting in December, two retired local wildlife enthusiasts go out and feed the ducks at cottonwood island park. Through their efforts they hope to ensure this population has ample opportunity to survive in the spring.A number of years ago, when I was stationed in Prince George, there was a number of bir...
Dec 25, 2024
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Community
Turning tragedy into charity: grade five student helps feed those in need
PRINCE GEORGE- Carter Thomas is a grade five student who chooses to spends some of his evenings cooking food for people on the street. Not just to help those less fortunate but to also see his own family who are experiencing homelessness."I just wanted to do this for the homeless so I can actually see my mom and d...
Dec 25, 2024
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Fire
Fire destroys building at Red Rock weigh scale
PRINCE GEORGE - Fire crews responded to a blaze at the Red Rock weigh scale, just south of Prince George on Highway 97, early Tuesday morning.The fire destroyed a building on the property. No word on the cause of the fire or if anyone was injured. North District RCMP says the fire was reported at 6:22 a.m.Crews from fo...
Dec 24, 2024
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Furever Friends
This adorable pudgy cat is looking for a home in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE- There is a lot to love with this three-year-old cat currently staying at the Prince George Humane Society. I don't mean metaphorically as Oscar looks like a cat who loves lasagna and hates mondays.Oscar was surrendered to the PG Humane Society as the previous owners struggled to manage his weight. Now on...
Dec 24, 2024
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What's Trending
Widlife
Two waterfowl lovers help ensure wintering ducks survive the winter
Dec 25, 2024
BCNRF 2025
BCNRF 2025: Western Canada's Premier Resource Conference
Community
Turning tragedy into charity: grade five student helps feed those in need
Dec 25, 2024
Fire
Fire destroys building at Red Rock weigh scale
Dec 24, 2024
Furever Friends
This adorable pudgy cat is looking for a home in Prince George
Dec 24, 2024
Animal services
City and Humane Society begin partnership January 1
Dec 23, 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Dec 21, 2024
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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...
Dec 21, 2024
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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
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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
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Sports
UNBC Athletics
UNBC Timberwolves announce player commitment
PRINCE GEORGE -The UNBC Timberwolves have recruited a player from Vancouver Island for the 2025 season.Striker Rhyan Barfoot (07) hails from Nanaimo where she played most of her youth soccer. Last season for Chad Lintott's Elite Xl Soccer Academy, she scored seven goals and added four assists during the spring season. ...
Dec 24, 2024
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Sports
Registration opens for 38th Prince George Iceman
PRINCE GEORGE - Registration has opened for the biggest multi-sport recreation event in Prince George.The 38th Annual Prince George Iceman takes place February 9, 2025 and organizers say it combines winter fun while showcasing our city's recreational activities. And they say there's fun for everyone."The PG Iceman...
Dec 23, 2024
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Retro Jerseys
Cougars to wear retro Ninja Turtles jerseys for Nickelodeon Night January 4
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars will be wearing special edition Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles jerseys when they play the Seattle Thunderbirds on Nickelodeon Night at CN Centre Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.Those retro jerseys will then be auctioned off with the proceeds going towards the Children's Miracle Network.It...
Dec 22, 2024
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Canada
In the news today: Quebec man killed in Florida boat explosion
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Quebec man killed in Florida boat explosion The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has confirmed a Quebec man has died after a boat explosion in Florida's Broward County. The FWC says its preliminary investigation i...
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Orcas moved into the Arctic. It could be bad news for other whales, and humans too
Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two genetically distinct populations being identified by Canadian scientists. But their study says that could have "severe consequences" for potential prey whales such as belugas, narwhals and b...
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Crash on Christmas Eve in Vancouver killed a motorcyclist, says VPD
VANCOUVER - A motorcyclist is dead and another person has life-threatening injuries after a crash in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood on Christmas Eve. The Vancouver Police Department says it received a call for a collision between a motorcycle and a SUV at around 4:25 p.m. on Tuesday. The 44-year-old motorcyclist d...
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Donald Trump says he urged Wayne Gretzky to run for prime minister in Christmas visit
OTTAWA - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he told Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky he should run for prime minister during a Christmas visit but adds that the athlete declined interest in politics. Trump says on his Truth Social platform that he told Gretzky he would easily win an election if he ran for prime...
16h ago
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A fatal collision in Surrey on Christmas Day killed one woman: police
SURREY, B.C. - Police in Surrey are investigating a collision at an intersection, involving two vehicles, that has claimed the life of a passenger. Surrey Police Service says officers responded to the scene at the intersection of Highway 15 and Highway 10 before noon on Dec. 25 when they found a passenger in the vehicl...
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Quebec man reportedly killed in Fort Lauderdale boat explosion
MONTREAL - U.S. media outlets are reporting that it was a Quebec man who died in a boat explosion in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., this week. Several local media outlets are quoting the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as saying 41-year-old Sebastien Gauthier died after the explosion at the Lauderdale Marina ...
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World
Israeli strike kills 5 Palestinian journalists in Gaza, officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Health Ministry said early Thursday. The Israeli military said it had targeted a group of militants. The strike hit a car outside the Al-Awda Hospital in the built-up Nuseirat refug...
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Israeli strike kills 5 Palestinian journalists in Gaza, officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Health Ministry said early Thursday. The strike hit a car outside the Al-Awda Hospital in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in the central part of the territory. The journalists we...
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Taliban say Pakistani airstrikes killed 46 people in eastern Afghanistan, mostly women and children
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children, a Taliban government official said Wednesday. Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Afghan government, said that six people were also wounded in the Paktika province bordering Pakistan. This come...
Dec 25, 2024
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