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CANADA DAY IS SAVED!
PRINCE GEORGE - A big announcement this week as it looks like Prince George will have a Canada Celebration after all.Canada Day festivities will be at Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park; an event that has ...
May 26, 2022

RCMP arrest two violent shoplifters
PRINCE GEORGE - Two violent offenders were arrested for shoplifting on Tuesday (May 24). RCMP say they arrested one person that afternoon at a store on the 1900-block of Victoria Street after officers...
May 26, 2022

Guilbeault 'optimistic' G7 climate ministers will agree to gradually phase out coal
MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Thursday he's "very optimistic" this week's meeting of G7 climate and energy ministers will produce a consensus to gradually phase out th...
May 26, 2022

CFL, CFL Players' Association reach another tentative agreement
The CFL and CFL Players' Association have reached another tentative agreement. According to a league source, the two sides hammered out a second agreement in principle Thursday, two days after CFL com...
May 26, 2022

Parliamentary committee to start report on expanding eligibility for assisted dying
OTTAWA - A special joint parliamentary committee will now consider its report on current legislation on assisted death and whether to expand who is eligible to opt for it. The committee of MPs and sen...
May 26, 2022

Man convicted of 1st-degree murder in beheading case
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A jury on Thursday convicted a New Hampshire man of first-degree murder for killing his wife's coworker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him. ...
May 26, 2022

Moving online may be an option to avoid shoplifters
PRINCE GEORGE - They are known to be bold, aggressive and act without caring for others. Shoplifters are affecting retailers' bottom line and safety. CKPG News talked with one small business owner who...
May 26, 2022

President: 11 babies killed in fire at Senegalese hospital
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - A fire in the neonatal unit of a hospital in Senegal has killed 11 newborns, President Macky Sall said. Only three infants could be saved. "To their mothers and families, I expre...
May 26, 2022

Spain replaces French Barbarians as July opponent for Canadian men's rugby team
TORONTO - Spain has replaced the French Barbarians as Canada's opponent in a men's rugby match July 10 at Ottawa's TD Place. "We had an agreement from the French Barbarians that they would be travelli...
May 26, 2022

Alberta men accused of killing Métis hunters took law into own hands: prosecutor
EDMONTON - A Crown prosecutor says a father and son accused of killing two Mtis hunters took the law into their own hands when they chased them on a rural road in Alberta, shot them and left them to d...
May 26, 2022