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Prince George

Grocery Rebate
B.C. premier defends scrapping tax rebate amid Trump tariff threats
VICTORIA - After the B.C. NDP government scrapped a tax rebate that was a signature plank in the party's election campaign, Premier David Eby is defending the decision.With the B.C. budget just weeks away, Finance Minister Brenda Bailey announced Thursday that the $500 per person/$1,000 per household tax rebate was bei...
Feb 17, 2025
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Spruce Kings 2 Clippers 1 OT
Spruce Kings knock off Clippers in overtime for fourth win in a row
NANAIMO - The Prince George Spruce Kings needed overtime to beat the Nanaimo Clippers 2-1 in the BCHL Saturday (Feb. 15) night. Owen Goodbrand scored the game winner 3:25 into the extra frame as the Kings picked up their fourth win in a row to inch closer to a playoff spot.Mason Loewen also scored for Prince George at ...
Feb 16, 2025
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Cougars 5 Silvertips 1
Ziemmer ties franchise record as Cougars beat WHL-best Silvertips
PRINCE GEORGE - A four goal second period powered the Prince George Cougars to a 5-1 win over the league-leading Everett Silvertips Saturday (Feb. 16) night at CN Centre. The win helped the soon-to-be playoff bound Cougars split their weekend series against the already playoff-bound Silvertips, who picked up a 3-1 win ...
Feb 16, 2025
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Timberwolves Recap
UNBC basketball teams celebrate graduating seniors in final game of Canada West season
PRINCE GEORGE - The UNBC Timberwolves wrapped up their Canada West regular season with a pair of defeats to the UBC Thunderbirds at Brownridge Court Saturday (Feb. 15) night. The men's fell 96-58 to the Thunderbirds on a night when they honoured Josh Gillespie. The graduating senior wrapped up his two-year tenure at UN...
Feb 16, 2025
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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

In the news today: StatCan to release January inflation figures today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... StatCan to release January inflation figures today Statistics Canada is expected to release its January consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate for January to tick up...
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Statistics Canada set to release January inflation figures today
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release its January consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate for January to tick up to 1.9 per cent, according to LSEG Data & Analytics. Inflation has moderated significantly from recent highs, stabilizing aroun...
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No 'magic solution' to Montreal homeless cohabitation issues, consultation hears
MONTREAL - There is no magic solution to homelessness, Montreal's public consultation office heard Monday as it began a series of hearings on how the city can more successfully integrate services for vulnerable people into neighbourhoods. Montreal announced the public consultations last year, as city officials grappled...
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Ontario election 2025: Leaders return to campaign trail after second debate
Ontario's main party leaders are heading back out on the campaign trail today after squaring off in their second and final debate before election day. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is set to stop in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., this morning for an announcement, before heading to Sudbury, Ont. NDP Leader Marit St...
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Winter storm expected in Ontario and Nova Scotia, extreme cold hits the Prairies
Areas north and southwest of Toronto are bracing for more wintery conditions. Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for communities in the peninsula southwest of Toronto, with wind chills expected to be around minus 30. North of the Ontario capital, a snow squall warning has been issued, with communitie...
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Crosswinds may have challenged pilots in Pearson plane crash, expert says
An aviation expert with more than 30,000 flight hours says it is "very rare" for an aircraft to end up upside down in a crash, as was the case with a Delta Air Lines plane that flipped on the tarmac at Toronto's Pearson Airport Monday. J. Joseph, a 29-year veteran aviator in the United States Marine Corp., sa...
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