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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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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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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
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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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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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...
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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
Science in steel boxes: how research teams hitched a ride with navy to Antarctica
HALIFAX - Scientists who went aboard a Royal Canadian Navy mission to Antarctica say the trip demonstrated how portable labs and gear can effectively probe the ocean depths. Marine scientists have traditionally relied on specialized vessels, but there's been a scarcity of such research ships in Canada, particularly sin...
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Border officials offer rare look inside Canada's largest immigration holding centre
TORONTO - When Osama Al-Hadad arrived from Yemen and applied for asylum at Toronto's Pearson airport, he was taken into custody because he lacked documentation to prove his identity. He spent over a month in Canada Border Services Agency's immigration holding centre near the airport and was released on Feb. 19 after hi...
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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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World
US says it brokered safe shipping in the Black Sea in talks with Ukraine and Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The United States said an agreement has been reached to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea as it wrapped up three days of talks Tuesday with Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Saudi Arabia on prospective steps toward peace. U.S. experts met separately with Ukrainian and Russian representativ...
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Sudan aid groups say 54 killed in an airstrike blamed on the miliary in Darfur
CAIRO (AP) - An airstrike blamed on the Sudanese military hit a local market in Sudan's western region, igniting a huge fire and killing at least 54 people, aid groups said Tuesday. The military denied targeting civilians. The strike took place Monday in the village of Tora, north of el-Fasher, the capital city of Nort...
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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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