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New Blood Elected to SD-57 Board of Trustees, Long-Sitting Incumbent Re-elected
PRINCE GEORGE - It was a tense wait for many candidates on saturday night, as the final results for the new School District 57 Board of Trustees were delayed. Come Monday morning though, and 7 candida...
Oct 17, 2022

Former US Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti dies at 87
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former U.S. Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti, who investigated President Jimmy Carter's brother while in the administration and who later became one of the nation's most expens...
Oct 17, 2022
Lacklustre voting turnout in civic election
PRINCE GEORGE- Despite long lineups at advance polls around the city, there was just a slight increase in the number of people who turned out to the polls this civic election."Some of the footage and ...
Oct 17, 2022

NDP leadership hopeful Appadurai shakes up race in B.C., but faces disqualification
VICTORIA - Anjali Appadurai says she knows she's upset the New Democratic Party establishment, but that shouldn't keep her out of the race for the party leadership. The former federal NDP candidate en...
Oct 17, 2022

Canfor Pulp announces temporary curtailment
PRINCE GEORGE - Canfor Pulp has announced a temporary curtailment of its Intercontinental Pulp Mill due to the lack of available economic fibre. "Following its annual turnaround maintenance that began...
Oct 17, 2022

B.C. changes opioid lawsuit to help recover more money from drug makers
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has moved to expand its proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers, allowing the federal government to join the legal action. Other changes planned ...
Oct 17, 2022

Electoral Boundary Commission swings throuigh PG again.
PRINCE GEORGE - The Electoral Boundary Commission paid one more visit to the city after releasing its preliminary just to gauge public reaction to the report, which adds six more ridings, bringing BC'...
Oct 17, 2022

Man facing several charges in forcible confinement investigation
PRINCE GEORGE - One person has been arrested in a forcible confinement investigation. It all started when RCMP were alerted to a report of a woman being forced into a grey sedan in a parking lot of a ...
Oct 17, 2022

Man shot dead in parking lot of University of B.C. golf course
VANCOUVER - The parking lot at the golf club near the University of British Columbia is behind yellow police tape as officers investigate a fatal shooting. A sheet is covering a body in the parking lo...
Oct 17, 2022

Experts: Thinking beyond hockey world key to diversity for Hockey Canada's new board
If Hockey Canada is going to truly change its culture then it must break from its old governance processes, say three experts. Brock McGillis, an inclusion advocate who played professional hockey, sai...
Oct 17, 2022