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Better communication wanted from the City following Alternative Approval Process
PRINCE GEORGE - Nearly a dozen loan bylaws will head to final reading and adoption at the June 10 regular council meeting. This comes after less than half the electorate, or about 5,500 eligible Princ...
Jun 06, 2019
Marine SAR station to be built for increased safety of Northern BC's Coast
NORTHERN BC-The Canadian Coast Guard and Gitga'at First Nation are moving forward with a new Coast guard Search and Rescue (SAR) station to be built in Hartley Bay, BC.According to a press release the...
Jun 06, 2019
Enbridge seeks court ruling on Great Lakes oil pipeline deal
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Enbridge Inc. said Thursday it will go to court after failing to strike a deal with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on building an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the channel that co...
Jun 06, 2019
'Dr. John,' funky New Orleans 'night-tripper' musician, dies
NEW ORLEANS - Dr. John, the New Orleans musician who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. He was 77. In ...
Jun 06, 2019
Cougars have lives extended at the CN Centre
PRINCE GEORGE- You may want to call it a copy cat agreement. The City of Prince George has renewed a rental agreement with the Prince George Cougars. The agreement keeps the Cougars as the number one ...
Jun 06, 2019
Education of Nunavut high school students, adult learners found wanting: auditor
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is failing to prepare its high school and mature students for further education or for the working world, says a highly critical report from the federal auditor general...
Jun 06, 2019
Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat beats forecasts in 1Q
Beyond Meat's shares soared after the plant-based meat company beat Wall Street's expectations in its first earnings report since its IPO in May. The El Segundo, California-based company lost $6.6 mil...
Jun 06, 2019
US and Mexico: More talks, no deal yet to avert tariffs
WASHINGTON - U.S. and Mexican officials laboured for a second day Thursday to avert import tariffs that President Donald Trump is threatening to impose as he tries to strong-arm Mexico into stemming t...
Jun 06, 2019
Category 2 open burning allowed in PG Fire Centre's jurisdiction
PRINCE GEORGE-Starting this Friday at noon, category 2 open burning will be allowed throughout the Prince George Fire Centre's jurisdiction.Cooler temperatures and recent rainfall are attributed to th...
Jun 06, 2019 Photo courtesy BC Government
Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...
Jun 06, 2019