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March 20, 2025: CKPG News on Demand
.PRINCE GEORGE - Canadians could be headed to the polls as soon as April 28th for Canada's 45th federal election. And, it was standing room only in Council Chambers as one-by-one, members of the public presented to Council about their concerns over the draft OCP. Plus, the Western Canadian Blind Curling Championships o...
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Judo
Prince George Judokas earn medals from international tournaments
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George athletes Carla Van Zyl and Maegan Grooten have recently brought home medals from their respective international tournaments. Both longtime judokas, Van Zyl earned a bronze medal at the European Cup, while Grooten earned a gold medal at the pan-American tournament in Abbotsford. According t...
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Picking the perfect March Madness Bracket with the UNBC Timberwolves
Picking the perfect bracket is the impossible task when it comes to March Madness and the Annual NCAA Basketball Playoff Bracket. In honour of the challenge we asked two members from the UNBC Timberwolves to try and compete to beat our picks here at CKPG Today!
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Spring cleaning hacks for your closet and more
Clean with a mission this spring when you finally get enough energy to tackle that cluttered closet you've been dying to take care of for months! Learn some simple tips that'll have you laughing all the way to the donation or recycling bins with Marilyn from Declutter Bug Co.
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Judo
Prince George Judokas earn medals from international tournaments
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George athletes Carla Van Zyl and Maegan Grooten have recently brought home medals from their respective international tournaments. Both longtime judokas, Van Zyl earned a bronze medal at the European Cup, while Grooten earned a gold medal at the pan-American tournament in Abbotsford. According t...
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Dance Festival
Prince George Dance Festival returns with huge amount of dancers
PRINCE GEORGE - The 49th annual Prince George Dance Festival is taking place this week at Vanier Hall, bringing dancers from all across northern B.C. to showcase their best moves."We have competitors here from all over northern B.C., as far away as Prince Rupert, Hazelton, Quesnel, Smithers, and everywhere in betw...
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Blind Curling
Western Blind Curling Championship kicks off in Prince George for the first time
PRINCE GEORGE- On Thursday morning (Mar. 20), the Prince George Golf and Curling Club welcomed visually impaired curlers from all over Western Canada, as they opened this years Western Blind Curling Championship with an opening ceremony."The Westerns come from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. and there are...
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Recreation
City seeking feedback on public skating programs
PRINCE GEORGE - If you'd like to provide feedback to the City of Prince George regarding its public skating programs, now is your chance.The City has launched a new online survey with a goal of trying to understand how satisfied customers are with current programs and to find out how it can improve them. The City says ...
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Politics
Bachrach ready for election call
TERRACE - With a federal election call expected on Sunday, one race to watch will be in Northwest B.C. in Skeena-Bulkley Valley. The NDP has held the riding since 2004 but the Conservatives have nominated star candidate Ellis Ross, a former MLA in British Columbia and former chief councillor for the Haisla Nation. Incu...
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Healthcare
Burns Lake ER reopens
BURNS LAKE - The Emergency Department at the Burns Lake Hospital is running at normal again after being closed overnight.Northern Health says that Emergency Department services were unavailable between 11 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday due to staffing challenges. Emergency department services at the Lakes District h...
Mar 19, 2025
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Scam Calls
Northern Health warning of scam calls that offer prizes
PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health is warning people to be careful of scam calls that claim to offer prizes like a fire safety basket or a free home inspections. In a social media post, the health authority says it has become aware of "several" such instances, and that these calls are "in no way affiliated&...
Mar 16, 2025
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Firefighter Funding
Several Prince George, Cariboo volunteer fire departments getting provincial funding
PRINCE GEORGE - A number of Prince George and other Northern B.C. fire departments will be getting provincial funding that the B.C. Government says will help them better prepare and respond to emergencies.The B.C. Emergency Management Ministry says more than 230 fire departments that are wholly or partially staffed by ...
Mar 15, 2025
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Cariboo Region
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...
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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...
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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...
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Politics
Quesnel mayor wins court case
QUESNEL - The mayor of Quesnel, Ron Paull, has won his court case against the City of Quesnel related to censure and sanctions levelled against him last year.City Council censured him after it learned Paull had taken a book that downplayed the devastating impacts of residential schools to a Cariboo Regional District bo...
Mar 06, 2025
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Sports
Blind Curling
Western Blind Curling Championship kicks off in Prince George for the first time
PRINCE GEORGE- On Thursday morning (Mar. 20), the Prince George Golf and Curling Club welcomed visually impaired curlers from all over Western Canada, as they opened this years Western Blind Curling Championship with an opening ceremony."The Westerns come from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. and there are...
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Cougars
Cougars look ahead to massive final weekend of regular season
PRINCE GEORGE- The Prince George Cougars have just two games remaining in the regular season but still have plenty to play for before the playoffs. This weekend they host the Royals who the Cats are tied with atop the B.C. Division, but Victoria have a game in hand."We've been going at it with Victoria all year. T...
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Northern Capitals
Northern Capitals to battle for first provincial title since 2016
PRINCE GEORGE- The Northern Capitals are headed to the provincial finals this weekend after an impressive showing in their semi final match up against the Fraser Valley Rush. Despite dropping the final three games against the Rush in the regular season, the Caps swept them this past weekend on their home ice in Langley...
Mar 18, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Carney and premiers to meet, Liberal MP being dropped by party
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to host meeting with premiers today Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting Canada's premiers today in Ottawa as the provinces grapple with the effects of Chinese and U.S. tariffs. The meeting is taking place just days before...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney hosting a meeting with Canada's premiers today
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting Canada's premiers today in Ottawa as the provinces grapple with the effects of Chinese and U.S. tariffs. The meeting is taking place just days before Carney is expected to launch a federal election campaign that would send Canadians to the polls as soon as April 28. The me...
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Nearly half of landslides during B.C. disaster linked to logging, wildfire: study
VANCOUVER - A study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia's atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas that had been logged or burned by wildfire. Severe rains triggered a landslide that killed five people on a stretch of Highway 99...
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Liberals revoke Arya's nomination, after removing him from leadership race
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Chandra Arya says his nomination to run for the party again in his Ottawa riding has been revoked. The 62-year-old has represented the city's Nepean seat since 2015. The decision to remove him comes almost two months after the party also told Arya it would not accept him as a candidate for the leade...
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Yukon pharmacare deal to cover contraceptives, diabetes meds at little or no cost
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon and federal governments have announced a $9.5-million pharmacare agreement over four years, giving universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications for the territory's residents. A joint news release says the agreement will support reproductive freedom for up to 12,000 Yukoners and make...
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Man convicted of manslaughter in 2023 stabbing of teen on Surrey, B.C., bus
Homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2023 stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy on a bus in Surrey, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a statement that Kaiden Mintenko from Burnaby, B.C., was found guilty Thursday after a trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Wes...
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Sudan's military says it has retaken the last area of the capital held by rival paramilitary forces
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military said it retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting. Social media videos showed its soldiers inside giving the date as the 21st day of Ramadan, which was Friday. A Sudanese military officer weari...
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Florida man is executed for the killings of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed Thursday evening. Prison officials said Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He d...
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Jury convicts 2 men of plotting to assassinate an Iranian American journalist in New York
NEW YORK (AP) - A jury has convicted two men of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said was financed by the Iranian government. The verdict was returned at a federal court in New York on Thursday, ending a two-week...
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