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March 24, 2025: CKPG News on Demand
.PRINCE GEORGE - Canada's 45th general election campaign is underway as Canadians will head to the polls on April 28. Plus, a 'passenger tax' class-action suit against the Prince George airport goes ahead. And, a light agenda for Council tonight, but a housing action plan will likely garner a bit of discussion.Local ne...
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Council to incentivize development
PRINCE GEORGE -A report looking at ways to incentivize developers to come to Prince George was presented to City Council Monday night (March 24).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 co...
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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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Prince George
Fire
Mobile home fire on the Hart displaces family of four
PRINCE GEORGE - A family of four on the Hart has been displaced by a structure fire. Prince George Fire Rescue responded to the mobile home fire on the 3900 block of Weisbrod Road Monday night at around 9 p.m.The fire was quickly extinguished with damages estimated at $15,000. The four occupants of the home managed to ...
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Logan to run for third term
PRINCE GEORGE - Chief Dolleen Logan is running for her third term as Chief of the Lheidli T'enneh after serving as Councillor for three terms. She was the first woman in Lheidli T'enneh's history to win back-to-back elections for the role of Chief."It's not about me," she says, noting that decisions are made ...
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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 development
PRINCE GEORGE -A report looking at ways to incentivize developers to come to Prince George was presented to City Council Monday night (March 24).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 co...
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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
B.C. to bring in legislation to end its carbon tax on consumers starting April 1
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government says it will table legislation on Monday that eliminates the consumer carbon tax in the province. It says in a statement that the tax will be removed April 1, and it is notifying fuel sellers and natural gas retailers now so they stop collecting the tax as of that date. B.C. Pre...
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Record deficit, economic stimulus and other highlights of Quebec's 2025-26 budget
QUÉBEC - Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard introduced his budget on Tuesday, under a cloud of possible U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods that he forecasts will average 10 per cent in the next two years. Here are some highlights: - Deficit of $13.6 billion, or 2.2 per cent of GDP, including payments of about $2.2 ...
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B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study
VANCOUVER - A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations. The report says that there was no change in deaths associated with safer supply, while neither policy appeared to mitigate the opioid crisis ...
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Beijing's envoy calls for more trade with Canada as U.S. trade war continues
OTTAWA - Beijing's ambassador to Canada says China is interested in stepping up trade with Ottawa as the U.S. continues to pursue a global trade war. Wang Di says Washington should not force Canada to choose between the U.S. and China because that would further destabilize the global economy. At a trade promotion event...
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Calgary paleontologist part of discovery of new dinosaur with 30-centimetre claws
CALGARY - A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert. Darla Zelenitsky says the remains of the therizinosaur were found in the Gobi desert in 2012 during the construction of a water pipeline. She says the species n...
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Quebec man found in contempt of court for swastikas outside his home
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been found in contempt of court for refusing to remove swastikas from outside his home in a municipality that he accuses of being "the most racist city in the world." A Quebec Superior Court judge ruled earlier this month that Yahia Meddah had not taken seriously injunctions orderi...
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World
Trump signs sweeping action overhauling US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day. The order says the U.S. has failed "to en...
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Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart offered plea deal to avoid death penalty
The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 in one of the the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history has been offered a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, a Texas prosecutor said Tuesday. The announcement by El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya is a significant turn i...
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US Vice President Vance to join his wife on Friday trip to Greenland
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that he's joining his wife on a Friday trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake. "We're going to check out how things are going there," Vance said in a video posted to social media. "Speaking for Presiden...
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