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After announcing his candidacy last week, Chris Beach has been disqualified to be the Liberal candidate for Cariboo-Prince George. According to Prince George RCMP, there has been a huge spike in auto crime in the city, in recent weeks. Friday is the final day of the 2025 COFI convention and Premier Eby made the trip up...
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Federal politics
Liberals announce candidates in two Prince George ridings
PRINCE GEORGE - The Liberal Party of Canada has announced its candidates in the two Prince George ridings.Quesnel-based immigration consultant Clinton Emslie is the party's candidate in Cariboo-Prince George. He calls himself a "fierce Liberal candidate" who "brings a strategic mindset and a pragmatic ap...
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CKPG Today Entertainment
'No Big D' hosting album reveal party
Quesnel-based 'No Big D' are having a big deal weekend here in Prince George as they release their album 'Thieves'. Check out the party on Saturday April 5th at Legion 43 downtown PG. More details here.
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CKPG Today Entertainment
Rotary Hoopathon set for return featuring UNBC Athletes
The Rotary Hoopathon is back in Prince George for a second consecutive year with support from the UNBC Timberwolves basketball squads. If you're interested, you can find more information on how to support here.
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Liberals announce candidates in two Prince George ridings
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Blind Curling
PG Blind Curling Team reflect on impressive season
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RCMP seek missing man last seen Wednesday
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Federal politics
Update: Liberal Party says Beach never green-lit nor acclaimed officially as candidate in Cariboo-Prince George
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Federal politics
Liberals announce candidates in two Prince George ridings
PRINCE GEORGE - The Liberal Party of Canada has announced its candidates in the two Prince George ridings.Quesnel-based immigration consultant Clinton Emslie is the party's candidate in Cariboo-Prince George. He calls himself a "fierce Liberal candidate" who "brings a strategic mindset and a pragmatic ap...
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Premier addresses plans to revitalize forestry
PRINCE GEORGE - Making access to Fibre easier. That was the message from Premier David Eby to the hundreds gathered at the Council of Forest Industries this afternoon. But not before he cautioned the industry in light of recent moves from the US. "We need to last through this period and so the provincial governmen...
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Blind Curling
PG Blind Curling Team reflect on impressive season
PRINCE GEORGE- The 2025 season has come to an end for the Prince George Blind Curling Team, and it was no doubt a memorable one. They won their first ever National Visually Impaired title as well as hosting their first Western Blind Curling Championship, and winning that as well."It's huge for the city and also fo...
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Missing person
RCMP seek missing man last seen Wednesday
PRINCE GEORGE - Mounties need your help locating a missing person.Prince George RCMP say 20-year-old Ravinder Singh was last seen on Northwood Pulpmill Road at approximately 3:20 p.m. on April 2, 2025. It is believed he may have intended to use the Beaver Forest Service Road to travel east towards Shelley.Ravinder Sing...
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Federal Election 2025
Federal politics
Liberals announce candidates in two Prince George ridings
PRINCE GEORGE - The Liberal Party of Canada has announced its candidates in the two Prince George ridings.Quesnel-based immigration consultant Clinton Emslie is the party's candidate in Cariboo-Prince George. He calls himself a "fierce Liberal candidate" who "brings a strategic mindset and a pragmatic ap...
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Federal politics
Update: Liberal Party says Beach never green-lit nor acclaimed officially as candidate in Cariboo-Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: The Liberal Party has challenged Chris Beach's assertion that he was acclaimed or green-lit as the party's candidate in Cariboo-Prince George.A Liberal Party spokesperson sent us the following statement:"Chris Beach was a nomination candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of...
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Health care worker to run for NDP
PRINCE GEORGE - Noting her twenty-year background in health care, Angie Bonazzo has thrown her hat in the ring this federal election, running for the NDP in the Cariboo-Prince George riding. This is her first foray into politics. "I see a lot going on in our community and we need a strong voice in the House of Com...
Apr 03, 2025
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Federal politics
Green Party candidate says formative years shaped her political beliefs
WILLIAMS LAKE - Jodie Capling is the Green Party of Canada candidate in the Cariboo-Prince George riding.She grew up in the Cariboo-Chilcotin, west of Williams Lake, spending much of her time outdoors, enjoying all that nature has to offer. And she says those experiences helped lead her to run for the Green Party."...
Apr 01, 2025
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Fraser Lake ER services suspended all day Friday due to staffing challenges
FRASER LAKE - Residents in Fraser Lake will be without Emergency Department (ER) services at the Fraser Lake Health Centre for the entirety of Friday, April 4.Northern Health says that ER services will be unavailable all day Friday due to staffing challenges. The health authority also notes that Fraser Lake Health Cent...
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Crime
Suspicious death in Chetwynd
CHETWYND - Chetwynd RCMP are investigating what they're calling a suspicious death.Police were called to a home on Sunday, March 9 after the Chetwynd Fire Department and Emergency Health Services responded to a call for a person in medical distress.Police arrived on scene to find the woman deceased but don't believe th...
Mar 26, 2025
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Crime
RCMP seek suspect in McBride B & E
MCBRIDE- Police in McBride are looking to identify a person in a recent attempted break in.On Monday, McBride RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious person running into traffic on Highway 16 East near Mountainview Estates. Police made extensive patrols made in the area but could not locate anyone. Shortly before 2 ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Crime
Man faces several charges following alleged assault and arson
BURNS LAKE - A 32-year-old man from Southbank is in police custody and facing several charges in relation to an alleged assault and arson that occurred Thursday morning (March 20).Burns Lake RCMP say at approximately 1:30 a.m. that day, they responded to a report that a man had been struck by a vehicle in Southbank. Th...
Mar 21, 2025
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Cariboo Region
Federal politics
Update: Liberal Party says Beach never green-lit nor acclaimed officially as candidate in Cariboo-Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: The Liberal Party has challenged Chris Beach's assertion that he was acclaimed or green-lit as the party's candidate in Cariboo-Prince George.A Liberal Party spokesperson sent us the following statement:"Chris Beach was a nomination candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of...
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IIO investigates
IIO investigating January 2024 Quesnel incident
QUESNEL - The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating an incident in Quesnel where one person sustained a serious injury while being taken into custody by members of the RCMP on January 6, 2024.According to the IIO, officers initially responded to a call about a person experiencing a mental healt...
Mar 19, 2025
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IIO investigates
IIO investigating injuries of one person while in RCMP custody in Quesnel
QUESNEL - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating an incident in Quesnel where a person was injured in an RCMP detachment cell.The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) says information provided by the affected person states that at about 2:30 p.m. on September 8, 2024, police responded to a call concerne...
Mar 12, 2025
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Armed Robbery
Quesnel RCMP looking for suspect after armed robbery at Circle K store
QUESNEL, B.C. - RCMP in Quesnel are asking for help in identifying a suspect after an early morning robbery at a Circle K convenience store, and they're looking to speak to an man who may have witnessed the entire incident.Police say they were called around 5:00 a.m. Friday (March 7) and told that a gunman had robbed t...
Mar 08, 2025
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Sports
Blind Curling
PG Blind Curling Team reflect on impressive season
PRINCE GEORGE- The 2025 season has come to an end for the Prince George Blind Curling Team, and it was no doubt a memorable one. They won their first ever National Visually Impaired title as well as hosting their first Western Blind Curling Championship, and winning that as well."It's huge for the city and also fo...
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WHL
Cougars on brink of elimination following Game 4 double overtime loss to Winterhawks
PORTLAND - It will be do or die for the Prince George Cougars Friday night in Portland.This after the Cats suffered a heartbreaking double overtime loss in Game 4 versus the Winterhawks Wednesday night, 5-4 in front of 3,929 fans at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.Diego Buttuzzoni scored the game winner at the 17:57 mar...
Apr 03, 2025
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Spruce Kings
Spruce Kings relishing opportunity as playoff underdogs
PRINCE GEORGE- Against the odds, the Spruce Kings clinched the eighth and final playoff spot in the Coastal Conference on the final day of the regular season and are prepared for a dog fight against the top seeded Chilliwack Chiefs.To get in they won six of their final eight games of the season to catch and surpass the...
Apr 02, 2025
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Canada
Quebec's high court rejects random police stops ahead of Supreme Court hearing
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has refused the provincial government's request to allow arbitrary police traffic stops to continue until a legal challenge of the practice is heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. In a decision rendered earlier this week, the province's high court said the negative impacts of random...
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Recruiters say surge in U.S. doctors looking to move to Canada since Trump election
HALIFAX - Recruiters say there's been a surge of interest from American doctors considering moving to Canada since the election of U.S. president Donald Trump in November. Katrina Philopoulos, recruitment director for Nova Scotia Health, says 27 American doctors are in serious negotiations to move, which to date has re...
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In the news today: Party leaders campaigning in Quebec today, job numbers due
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today Party leaders will be in Quebec today as the second week of the federal election campaign comes to a close. Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre will hold a press ...
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StatCan's March jobs figures to give glimpse at tariff hit to labour market
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release employment figures for March today. Economists polled by Reuters expect a gain of 10,000 jobs in the month, and for the unemployment rate to rise by a tenth of a point to 6.7 per cent. RBC Economics expects the economy instead shed 10,000 jobs last month. Canada's labou...
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Nuclear waste agency looking for Canada's second deep geological repository
TORONTO - An organization tasked with managing Canada's nuclear waste found one site to store millions of bundles of radioactive used fuel for thousands of years hundreds of metres underground - and now it's looking for a second. As the Nuclear Waste Management Organization begins the regulatory process for a deep geol...
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Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today
OTTAWA - Party leaders will be in Quebec today as the second week of the federal election campaign comes to a close. Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre will hold a press conference in Trois-Rivières, Que., this morning. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will make an announcement and visit a local business ...
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World
Gretzky witnesses Ovechkin moving 1 goal back of his record as he joins the chase in person
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wayne Gretzky witnessed Alex Ovechkin scoring his 893rd goal to move one back of tying his NHL record, as the Canadian great made his first in-person appearance during this chase. Gretzky said it was important to "the integrity of the game" to make sure he was there in case Ovechkin broke hi...
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Ovechkin scores his 893rd goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin did not take long to move one goal away from tying and two from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington Capitals' home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. He took a pass from Dylan Strome behind the net and banked the pu...
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Ovechkin scores his 893rd career goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin has scored his 893rd career goal to move one back of tying and two away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington Capitals' home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. He moved closer to making hockey history with Gretzk...
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