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Cougars drop game two to Winterhawks 5-2; series shifts to Portland tied 1-1
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars' first round Western Hockey League (WHL) playoff series is tied 1-1. Following a dramatic third period rally to win game one 7-6 in overtime, the Cougars dropped game two to the Portland Winterhawks at home 5-2. The Winterhawks opened the scoring on the power play early in the ...
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Judge rejects Hudson's Bay proposal in creditor protection case
TORONTO - An Ontario judge rejected a Hudson's Bay restructuring agreement Saturday evening, increasing the likelihood that lenders may seek to push the company into receivership. In a written decision issued Saturday, Ontario Superior Court judge Peter Osborne said he declined to approve the agreement because it is &q...
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Try it: Jen and Cody learn all about Krav Maga
Jen and Cody from Mornings on 99.3 Rewind Radio took us on an educational journey in this edition of Try it, perhaps at the expense of Cody's dignity! Learn more about Krav Maga. an ancient self-defense technique taught at Shogun Dojo PG. Learn more about the dojo here.
Mar 28, 2025
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Check out a brand-new exhibit all about mushrooms at The Exploration Place
Stop into The Exploration Place and check out a brand-new mushroom centred exhibit! This fun travelling exhibition, created by the Royal BC Museum, explores the science and practical uses of mushrooms today, highlighting some of the most fascinating of the 3,400 known species in the province. BC's Marvellous Mushrooms ...
Mar 28, 2025
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Forestry
Annual COFI convention brings forest industry together in Prince George to talk tariff response, trade uncertainty
Mar 29, 2025
Toxic Drugs
Northern Health issues alert for extremely toxic drug that does not respond to naloxone
Mar 29, 2025
BCHL
Spruce Kings' playoff hopes still alive, but team will need help
Mar 29, 2025
WHL Playoffs
Cougars storm back, stun Winterhawks to take Game 1, 7-6 in overtime
Mar 29, 2025
Politics
Candidates added in Cariboo-PG
Mar 28, 2025
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Prince George
Forestry
Annual COFI convention brings forest industry together in Prince George to talk tariff response, trade uncertainty
PRINCE GEORGE - Dignitaries will gather at the Prince George Civic Centre this week for the annual BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) Convention. More than 600 attendees are expected, including industry officials, government and Indigenous representatives, and labour leaders. "The convention will focus on how ...
Mar 29, 2025
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Toxic Drugs
Northern Health issues alert for extremely toxic drug that does not respond to naloxone
PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health is alerting those who use drugs about a substance being sold in the region that is "more toxic than fentanyl."The substance comes in the form of a white pill sold as oxycocet. However, the pill has tested positive for another substance, isotonitazene."Isotonitazene or 'Nit...
Mar 29, 2025
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BCHL
Spruce Kings' playoff hopes still alive, but team will need help
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings' 2024-25 season hangs in the balance this weekend.The team plays its final two regular season games of the season at home against the Powell River Kings.Prince George sits four points behind the Langley Rivermen for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Coastal Conferen...
Mar 29, 2025
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WHL Playoffs
Cougars storm back, stun Winterhawks to take Game 1, 7-6 in overtime
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - It was a thrilling start to the Western Hockey League playoffs for the Prince George Cougars Friday night (March 28), as the Cougars came back from a three-goal, third-period deficit to defeat the Portland Winterhawks 7-6 in overtime of their first-round opener.Terik Parascak scored the winner - h...
Mar 29, 2025
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Federal Election 2025
Politics
Candidates added in Cariboo-PG
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: (6 p.m.) As of 6 p.m. on Friday night, March 28, Chris Beach was not listed as an official candidate on the Liberal Party website.When contacted regarding his candidacy, Beach told CKPG News the following:"I've been told there is a backlog of Liberal candidates to be named in B.C.'s 43 ridi...
Mar 28, 2025
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Federal politics
Multiple candidates vying for office in two Prince George ridings
PRINCE GEORGE - Federal party leaders hit the road for the first full day of the election campaign Monday with the leaders fanning out across the country. Here in Prince George, we're starting to get a clearer picture of who's going to be on the ballot in the two Prince George ridings.Starting in Cariboo-Prince George,...
Mar 24, 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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PM Mark Carney expected to call federal election on Sunday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a federal election on Sunday for a vote as early as April 28. Sources would not confirm the specific date of the vote, but federal campaigns must run at least 37 days. This will be Canada's 45th federal election. Canada's political parties have been mobilizing cam...
Mar 20, 2025
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Northern BC
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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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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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
Winterhawks 5 Cougars 2
Cougars drop game two to Winterhawks 5-2; series shifts to Portland tied 1-1
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars' first round Western Hockey League (WHL) playoff series is tied 1-1. Following a dramatic third period rally to win game one 7-6 in overtime, the Cougars dropped game two to the Portland Winterhawks at home 5-2. The Winterhawks opened the scoring on the power play early in the ...
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Do or Die
Win and they're in: Spruce Kings can clinch BCHL playoff spot on final day of the regular season
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings' destiny has been set up for them in the slot. The Spruce Kings hung on to defeat the Powell River Kings at home Saturday (March 29) night 5-4, but they needed some help on the out-of-town scoreboard to keep their British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) playoff hopes alive f...
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BCHL
Spruce Kings' playoff hopes still alive, but team will need help
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings' 2024-25 season hangs in the balance this weekend.The team plays its final two regular season games of the season at home against the Powell River Kings.Prince George sits four points behind the Langley Rivermen for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Coastal Conferen...
Mar 29, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Second week of election underway, with eyes on new U.S. tariffs
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Eyes warily turn to next round of U.S. tariffs during second week of federal election The second week of the federal election campaign is underway, with a fresh round of U.S. tariffs expected to soon reverberate on the hustings. E...
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Eyes warily turn to next round of U.S. tariffs during second week of federal election
OTTAWA - The second week of the federal election campaign is underway, with a fresh round of U.S. tariffs expected to soon reverberate on the hustings. Eyes are turning to Wednesday when U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to slap "reciprocal tariffs" on countries including Canada over various alleged trade...
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'Still very dire': Canadian Red Cross is fundraising following Myanmar earthquake
A representative for the Canadian Red Cross says the situation on the ground in Myanmar is "still very dire and tragic" days after a massive earthquake that has killed at least 1,600 people. Canadian Red Cross senior operations manager Chiran Livera says teams of staff and volunteers made up of both internati...
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Europe's rearmament an 'extraordinary opportunity' for Quebec, Legault says
HANOVER - Quebec Premier François Legault believes Europe's rearmament presents an "extraordinary opportunity" for his province as it tries to diversify trade away from the United States. Legault told a gathering in Hanover, Germany, that Europe plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on defence...
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American invasion of Canada would spark decades-long insurgency, expert predicts
HALIFAX - If U.S. President Donald Trump fails in his stated goal of annexing Canada through economic force, what would happen if he ordered the world's most powerful military to invade? Some experts and academics say it's a notion too preposterous to even contemplate. But Aisha Ahmad isn't one of them. "When you ...
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'Sobering statistic:' One-fifth of pollinators in North America at extinction risk
FREDERICTON - Many butterflies, bees and moths are fluttering into oblivion. A new report co-authored by a Canadian researcher warns that more than one-fifth of pollinator species it studied in North America are at risk of extinction. Out of 759 pollinators - animals critical for food production and healthy ecosystems ...
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World
Israeli military orders evacuation of most of Rafah
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli military has issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. The orders issued Monday come after Israel ended a ceasefire and renewed its air and ground war against Hamas earlier this month. The Associated Press
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Deaths from devastating earthquake in Myanmar climb past 1,700
MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) - The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country's military-led government said Monday. Government spokesman Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun told state-run MRTV that another 3,400 have been injured and more than ...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to take case challenging Elon Musk's $1 million payments
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court on Sunday refused to hear a last-minute attempt by the state's Democratic attorney general to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters, a ruling that came just minutes before the planned start of the rally. Two lower courts had...
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