Council to incentivize devdevelopment
PRINCE GEORGE -;A report looking at ways to incentivize developers to come to Prince George was presented to Council.The Housing Action Plan follows on the heels of a Housing Needs Assessment conducted by the City three years ago. The Action Plan looks at what kinds of incentives the City could offer to developers, bot...
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Mental Health Research
CMHA receives large grant for mental health research
PRINCE GEORGE - The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) of Northern BC has received $75,000 in funding to conduct community-based research on mental illness. $50,000 of the funding will go towards the connections between mental health and homelessness, while the remaining $25,000 will focus on the unique challeng...
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CKPG Today Community
Spring reminders as bears wake up from hibernation
The time has come, you may be opening your shorts drawers for the first time in a long time, and the bears are waking up. Yes we mean spring is here in Prince George and Northern BC! We caught up with the Northern Bear Awareness Society to re-iterate some reminders on how you can help the bears including putting away y...
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CKPG Today Events
Your opportunity to learn more about the Rocky Mountain Rangers coming up
The Rocky Mountain Rangers are hosting an open house at their headquarters in Prince George on Dornbierer Crescent on March 29th in the latest opportunity to get up close and personal with new items, historic items, and learn about the legacy of the Rangers in the city!
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CMHA receives large grant for mental health research
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Traffic
Two-vehicle MVI closes Highway 97 north of Prince George
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Weekend fire on Victoria Street causes $10K in damages
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Prince George
To Your Health
Do multivitamins work?
PRINCE GEORGE-The multivitamin. Often taken daily, its designed to ensure that you are getting all of the most important vitamins to function. However, according to one local pharmacists it's only effective on a small number of people."I usually tell people, if they have a balanced diet with lots of vegetables, th...
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Council to incentivize devdevelopment
PRINCE GEORGE -;A report looking at ways to incentivize developers to come to Prince George was presented to Council.The Housing Action Plan follows on the heels of a Housing Needs Assessment conducted by the City three years ago. The Action Plan looks at what kinds of incentives the City could offer to developers, bot...
7h ago
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Mental Health Research
CMHA receives large grant for mental health research
PRINCE GEORGE - The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) of Northern BC has received $75,000 in funding to conduct community-based research on mental illness. $50,000 of the funding will go towards the connections between mental health and homelessness, while the remaining $25,000 will focus on the unique challeng...
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Traffic
Two-vehicle MVI closes Highway 97 north of Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Update (3:45 p.m.): RCMP have confirmed one person was killed in Monday morning's crash on Highway 97 near Summit Lake Road, approximately 50 kilometres north of Prince George.Police say a vehicle crossed the centre line and collided with a logging truck, killing one person.Update (3:05 p.m.): The highw...
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Northern BC
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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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...
Mar 20, 2025
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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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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...
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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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
Hockey North
U18 AAA Cariboo Cougars finish as provincial runners-up after game three loss Sunday
PRINCE GEORGE - It's heartbreak for the U18 AAA Cariboo Cougars as they were beaten 3-2 in overtime by the Okanagan Rockets in game three of the British Columbia Elite Hockey League (BCEHL) championship series. Hudson Getzlaf, nephew of former Anaheim Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf, scored the winner at 4:26 in overtime to...
Mar 23, 2025
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Chiefs 4 Spruce Kings 3 SO
Spruce Kings head to Surrey Sunday needing a win to keep BCHL playoff hopes alive
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - The Prince George Spruce Kings are gearing up for a must-win Sunday (March 23) afternoon matchup against the Surrey Eagles in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL).The Spruce Kings are in tough in their bid to make playoffs this season, as a loss in regulation Sunday would eliminate them from con...
Mar 23, 2025
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Cougars 4 Royals 3 OT
Ziemmer scores OT winner to lift Cougars past Victoria in WHL regular season finale
PRINCE GEORGE - Koehn Ziemmer, the all-time leading goal scorer for the Prince George Cougars, scored the overtime winner to power his team to a 4-3 win against the Victoria Royals Saturday (March 22) night. The 20-year-old LA Kings prospect scored 2:14 into the extra period in his final WHL regular season game as the ...
Mar 23, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Poll suggests Liberal lead over Conservatives is growing
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberals hold six-point lead over Conservatives: Leger poll A new poll suggests that the federal Liberals are widening their lead over the Conservatives. The poll, conducted by Leger for The Canadian Press, suggests that 44 per ce...
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Quebec budget expected to include record deficit, measures to address tariff threats
QUÉBEC - Quebec's finance minister is set to table a budget today with a focus on shoring up businesses and workers as U.S. tariff threats continue to sow economic turmoil. Eric Girard has confirmed the budget for the coming fiscal year will include a projected deficit of more than $11 billion, surpassing the re...
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Internal report finds major flaws in program to recruit foreign nurses to Quebec
MONTREAL - Foreign nurses recruited to Quebec through a provincial government program faced "major obstacles" upon their arrival, including a lack of housing, child care and transportation, according to an internal report. A rigorous training schedule, culture shock and fear of failure caused severe stress am...
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Liberals hold six-point lead over Conservatives: Leger poll
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are pushing further ahead of the Conservatives in voter support, and almost one in two Canadians surveyed said they think the Liberals will win the election, a new poll suggests. The survey, conducted by Leger for The Canadian Press, reports that 44 per cent of decided voters surveyed woul...
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Police in B.C. say girl, 5, revived with naloxone after fentanyl overdose
MISSION, B.C. - Police in Mission, B.C., say a five-year-old girl was sent to hospital last week after she apparently overdosed on fentanyl, requiring multiple doses of naloxone to revive her. Mission RCMP say emergency responders were called to a home on Nottman Street on Thursday, where they found the child unconscio...
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U.S. ferry company 'unintentionally' flew Canadian flag upside down entering Victoria
SEATTLE - The operator of a ferry service between Vancouver Island and Washington state says it's sorry for "unintentionally" raising the Canadian flag upside down as it entered Victoria harbour on Sunday. The Black Ball Ferry Line, which runs a ferry between Victoria and Port Angeles, Wash., says raising the...
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World
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted again at second trial of financial wrongdoing at FIFA
MUTTENZ, Switzerland (AP) - Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini won again in court Tuesday and now lead 2-0 in trial verdicts against Swiss federal prosecutors. The former FIFA president and former UEFA president were acquitted for a second time on charges of fraud, forgery, mismanagement and misappropriation of more than ...
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A Japanese court orders the dissolution of the Unification Church, report says
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court on Tuesday issued an order to dissolve the Unification Church, upholding the government request for a revocation, NHK television said. Tokyo District Court's revocation of the church's legal status means it will lose its tax-exempt privilege and must liquidate its assets. The church can st...
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns after 5 years in the position
The head of the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, Louis DeJoy, resigned Monday after nearly five years in the position and following protests last weekend by postal workers concerned about the direction of the agency. DeJoy had said last month he planned to step down but hadn't set a date. Deputy Postmaster General Doug...
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