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Spruce Kings eliminated from BCHL playoffs
The Prince George Spruce Kings where unable to complete an upset in game seven against the Chilliwack Chiefs on Tuesday night.Chiefs goaltender Quintin Miller stopped all 33 shots the Spruce Kings fired at him to earn his first BCHL playoff shutout in a 4-0 win for the Chiefs.The first goal of the game didn't come unti...
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Safety Committee gets an education on retail crime
PRINCE GEORGE - Two to five thousand dollars a week of unrecorded theft from retail businesses. That's up nine per cent over last year. And that is becoming the new norm in retail. It also was the message from the Pine Centre Save on Foods Manager to Council's Public Safety Committee. "People assume it's a victiml...
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Gymnastics
Local Prince George gymnast to represent BC at Western Canadian Championships
PRINCE GEORGE- Prince George gymnast Alencia Graham is preparing to represent Team BC at the Western Canadian Championship next weekend (Apr. 24-26) in Saskatoon. To qualify for the provincial team, Graham had to put up an impressive performance at the Twisters Invitational last month in Abbotsford."You have to ma...
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U.S. tariffs
"Very grateful" Prince George business maintains good relations with U.S. company despite trade war
PRINCE GEORGE - As U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war continues, frustration and uncertainty mount for many industries and businesses that have faced a tariff situation that seems to change every week. This has led to tensions and some hostility between Canada and the U.S., but Pepper Tree Hair Studios, a Prince G...
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Federal Election 2025

Poilievre promises tougher ethics rules, takes aim at Carney's assets
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials - and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney. Poilievre told a press conference in Ottawa on Sunday that if his party forms government, he'll ban what he calls "shadow l...
Apr 13, 2025
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Federal politics
Moral issues top of mind for Christian Heritage Party candidate
PRINCE GEORGE - Up until about eight or nine weeks ago, Jake Wiens wasn't even considering taking a stab at federal politics.But that eventually changed, which begs the question, why?"I would have thought you were crazy. It's not on my bucket list, it's nowhere. But I'm a reader, I'm a Lazy Boy theologian, a cultu...
Apr 11, 2025
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Federal politics
Bachrach 'disappointed' Conservative and Liberal opponents bailing on Terrace debate
SMITHERS - An all-candidates debate scheduled for Friday night in Terrace won't have a full slate of candidates attending and the NDP candidate isn't pleased.NDP incumbent Taylor Bachrach says that his Conservative and Liberal opponents have declined at the last minute."I'm hearing from a lot of people in Terrace ...
Apr 11, 2025
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Federal politics
Independent candidate says more opportunities needed for youth
QUESNEL - An independent candidate has stepped forward in the Cariboo-Prince George riding. Kenneth B. Thomson is a Quesnel-based lawyer who says he's worried about a generation of younger people not joining the workforce. He says it's alarming how many 18-24 year olds aren't working and thinks homelessness and drug is...
Apr 10, 2025
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Northern BC

Fire
One killed, another injured following gas plant fire north of Fort St John
FORT ST JOHN - A gas plant fire north of Fort St John Monday evening killed one person and injured another.Tourmaline Oil Corp. said there was a fire at its Gundy c-60 gas plant site approximately 150 kilometres north of Fort St John Monday night at 5:45 p.m. local time.The company confirmed that a contractor worker wa...
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Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Snotty Nose Rez Kids performing in Quesnel
QUESNEL - The City of Quesnel has announced the Snotty Nose Rez Kids will be making their debut in Quesnel. The Juno award winning artists will perform at the West Fraser Centre on Saturday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m."I think it's great for the community, we're pretty excited about it. They just won a Juno Award a couple...
Apr 14, 2025
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Federal politics
Bachrach 'disappointed' Conservative and Liberal opponents bailing on Terrace debate
SMITHERS - An all-candidates debate scheduled for Friday night in Terrace won't have a full slate of candidates attending and the NDP candidate isn't pleased.NDP incumbent Taylor Bachrach says that his Conservative and Liberal opponents have declined at the last minute."I'm hearing from a lot of people in Terrace ...
Apr 11, 2025
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BC Highway Patrol
BC Highway Patrol issues over 3,000 tickets during March enforcement campaign
BC Highway Patrol issued a lot of tickets during its enforcement campaign in March.Across the province last month, almost 2,800 tickets were issued for distracted driving and 873 for people not wearing seatbelts, including 87 tickets to parents whose children were not properly secured.Some of the campaign numbers inclu...
Apr 09, 2025
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Cariboo Region

Federal politics
Independent candidate says more opportunities needed for youth
QUESNEL - An independent candidate has stepped forward in the Cariboo-Prince George riding. Kenneth B. Thomson is a Quesnel-based lawyer who says he's worried about a generation of younger people not joining the workforce. He says it's alarming how many 18-24 year olds aren't working and thinks homelessness and drug is...
Apr 10, 2025
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Real Estate
Horsefly realtor named new BC Northern Real Estate Board Chair
PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB) says Victor Khong has been elected as chair for the 2025-26 term, which got underway Friday (April 4).Khong has been a realtor with Horsefly Realty since 2014, and he has served on a number of BCNREB committees, including the Provincial, Federal, and Municipal ...
Apr 05, 2025
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Federal politics
Update: Liberal Party says Beach never green-lit nor acclaimed officially as candidate in Cariboo-Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: The Liberal Party has challenged Chris Beach's assertion that he was acclaimed or green-lit as the party's candidate in Cariboo-Prince George.A Liberal Party spokesperson sent us the following statement:"Chris Beach was a nomination candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of...
Apr 04, 2025
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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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Canada

Carney, Poilievre to meet face-to-face as party leaders square off in first debate
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney's French language skills will be put to the test, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will seek to turn his numbers around, when the five main federal party leaders square off in Montreal tonight in the first of two debates ahead of election day on April 28. The two-hour French-...
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In the news today: Federal leaders debate in Montreal, interest rate decision due out
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Party leaders square off in first debate tonight Liberal Leader Mark Carney's French language skills will be put to the test, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will seek to turn his numbers around, when the five main federa...
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Bank of Canada set to make interest rate decision amid trade war
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to make an interest rate decision today amid looming trade war impacts to the economy. The central bank cut its policy rate by a quarter point to 2.75 per cent at its most recent decision in March. Market bets were nearly evenly split between a rate hold and a cut heading into Wednesd...
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Gas firm says a contractor is dead in a gas plant fire near Fort St. John, B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN - A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction facility in Wonowon, B.C., says the site was "immediately shut down" after the fire on Monday night. The B.C. Ene...
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Federal Court of Appeal dismisses challenge of federal firearms ban
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of a Liberal government ban on firearms the government considers fit only for the battlefield, not for hunting or sport shooting. The Liberals outlawed some 1,500 firearm models and variants in May 2020, meaning they could no longer be legally used, sold or...
16h ago
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California governor urges Canadians to ignore Trump, come back for sand, sun and wine
California is calling for Canadians to come back and pay a visit. Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken to social media urging the two million Canadians who visited last year to come back and enjoy the Golden State's wine, sun and sand. Newsom, without calling out U.S. President Donald Trump by name, says Canadians should not le...
18h ago
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