

Northern View
The Northern View #57: Lower Mainland's municipal boondoggle
Lately it's come to light that Metro Vancouver mayors are raking it in, unbeknownst to most taxpayers. Not surprisingly Port Coquitlam's Mayor Brad West made a motion calling for Metro Vancouver meeting stipends to be cut in half from the current $537 - and for the elimination of double that pay if the meeting goes ove...
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To Your Health
Local Nursing student receives scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada
PRINCE GEORGE-Wynne Fitzpatrick a first-year nursing baccalaureate student at CNC has just received a $5,000 national scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada for her academic achievements and ability to inspire others with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).Reflecting on her past, Wynne says that when she was diagnos...
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CKPG Today Community
Sign up for the Coldest Night of the Year in support of AWAC
The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities. In Prince George, the Association Advocating for Women and Community (AWAC) is set to raise awareness for those on the streets and struggling in our community. Learn more on the importance of supporting local ...
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CKPG Today Art
Take a look at 'The Road Not Taken' featuring local artist Betty Kovacic
Introducing the latest exhibit to stop at Two Rivers Gallery here in Prince George featuring Betty Kovacic a Canadian artist working in the city. The works in this exhibition are inviting us to reflect upon the connection between the earth and the human, how the land influences people, and how people, in turn, influenc...
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What's Trending
Wanted Wednesday
Man wanted for assaulting a police officer and other charges
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To Your Health
Local Nursing student receives scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada
18h ago
Travel
Central Mountain Air announces direct route from Prince George to Calgary
19h ago
Education
CNC looks at cancelling three programs
19h ago
Cold snap over
Prince George cold snap finally ends after three weeks
21h ago

Prince George

Wanted Wednesday
Man wanted for assaulting a police officer and other charges
PRINCE GEORGE - Local Mounties need your help finding a wanted man.Prince George RCMP say 39-year-old Sean-Patrick Edward Smith is wanted for assaulting a police officer, mischief under $5,000 and breach of a release order. Sean-Patrick Edward Smith is described as:6'0 (183 cm)172 lb (78 kg)Brown hairHazel eyesTattoo o...
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To Your Health
Local Nursing student receives scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada
PRINCE GEORGE-Wynne Fitzpatrick a first-year nursing baccalaureate student at CNC has just received a $5,000 national scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada for her academic achievements and ability to inspire others with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).Reflecting on her past, Wynne says that when she was diagnos...
18h ago
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Travel
Central Mountain Air announces direct route from Prince George to Calgary
PRINCE GEORGE- Travellers through YXS will now have an easier time getting to Calgary as Central Mountain Air (CMA) has announced a non-stop route from Prince George to Calgary beginning March 3, 2025. The new route will fly four times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), with the plane arriving in Prince Geor...
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Education
CNC looks at cancelling three programs
PRINCE GEORGE- Continued uncertainty at the College of New Caledonia (CNC) after the federal government restricted the number of immigrants allowed into Canada with CNC considering the cancellation of three programs. Those programs are Associate of Arts -Modern Classics, the Community and School Support Program, and th...
19h ago
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What's Trending
Wanted Wednesday
Man wanted for assaulting a police officer and other charges
3h ago
To Your Health
Local Nursing student receives scholarship from Crohn's and Colitis Canada
18h ago
Travel
Central Mountain Air announces direct route from Prince George to Calgary
19h ago
Education
CNC looks at cancelling three programs
19h ago
Cold snap over
Prince George cold snap finally ends after three weeks
21h ago

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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Sports

WHL
Cougars lose Family Day matchup with Giants
LANGLEY - The Prince George Cougars dropped a 7-2 decision to the Vancouver Giants on Monday in Langley.Ben Riche scored his 30th goal in the loss while Terik Parascak scored his 23rd of the season.Tyus Sparks of the Giants was the game's first star scoring two goals.The Giants outshot the Cougars 39-34 before 4,405 fa...
Feb 18, 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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Canada

NewsAlert: B.C. ends take-home safer supply for drug users to stop diversion
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister has announced that the province is changing its safer-supply anti-addiction program to a witnessed model, in which users will be watched as they consume the drugs. Josie Osborne says the "significant" change to end the take-home model will be difficult for some, b...
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Montreal pleads with residents as it struggles to clear record-breaking snowfall
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is pleading for patience and urging caution as the city's snow removal trucks and plows struggle to clear the record-shattering snowfall that has blanketed Montreal. Plante says the city's snow removal crews are working around the clock to clear streets and sidewalks, and...
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Fire-ravaged Lytton, B.C., getting 'community hub' with museum, pool, market space
LYTTON, B.C. - The federal government is promising more than $25 million to help build a new "community hub" in the Village of Lytton years after much of the B.C. town was wiped out by fire. A statement from the Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities says the new building is expected to include a...
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Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney plans 'small' deficits for capital projects
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney is vowing to split the federal budget between capital and operating spending, and to balance the operating side while running small capital deficits. Carney made the comments at a press conference in Scarborough, Ont., where he also promised he would reduce the debt-to-...
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Train delayed: A timeline of high-speed rail projects in Canada
MONTREAL - Bold plans and promises for high-speed rail lines in Canada stretch as far back as Pierre Trudeau's government. So far, none have come to pass. Some two dozen studies, market assessments, special reports and task force papers have been carried out since 1984, according to the High Speed Rail Canada platform,...
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Supreme Court dismisses appeal for Alberta man convicted in Métis hunter killings
OTTAWA - Canada's top court has dismissed the appeal of an Alberta man convicted of manslaughter for aiding his son in the killings of two Métis hunters. Roger and Anthony Bilodeau confronted Maurice Cardinal and Jacob Sansom in 2020, shot them and left them on the side of a road near Glendon, Alta. The pair wer...
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World

The white man who pleaded guilty to shooting a Black teen who rang a wrong doorbell dies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An 86-year-old Kansas City man has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man's doorbell by mistake, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Andrew Lester was charged with first-degree assault and armed crimin...
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2 people are dead after a small plane collision in southern Arizona, authorities say
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed at least two people Wednesday morning, authorities said. Federal air-safety investigators said two people were on board each plane as they collided near Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson. One plane landed unev...
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Judge questions NYC Mayor Eric Adams in hearing on Justice Department's fight to end corruption case
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge questioned New York City Mayor Eric Adams at the start of a hearing Wednesday to ensure he agreed with the Justice Department's request to drop corruption charges against him weeks before an April trial. Judge Dale E. Ho said he wanted to confirm that the mayor had agreed that the charges would ...
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