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City reports record high building permit values in 2022
PRINCE GEORGE - The value of building permits issued by the City of Prince George in 2022 has set a new record.The record high was set at a little over a quarter of a billion dollars, breaking 2021's ...
Mar 01, 2023

Northern View - Amalgamate Regional Districts with Municipalities
If you're ever spent any time in the world of local government, you know there is a secret, an unspoken truth, you might even say it's the elephant in the room that no one dare speak of:There isn't re...
Mar 01, 2023

Company planning to make COVID-19 vaccine in Canada could go out of business
MONTREAL - An American company that signed a deal with the federal government to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Montreal is warning investors it could go out of business within the year. Executives at M...
Mar 01, 2023

Alexandria Loutitt wins Canada's first ski jumping world title
PLANICA, Slovenia - Alexandria Loutitt became Canada's first-ever ski jumping world champion Wednesday with a gold medal in the women's large hill event. The 19-year-old from Calgary totalled 254.4 po...
Mar 01, 2023

Alberta to introduce bill to include federal officials in trespassing rules
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says federal officials have trespassed on private land and they are putting forward a bill to stop it. Government House Leader Joseph Schow declined to provide detail...
Mar 01, 2023

B.C. and Ottawa reach $27 billion health funding agreement
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has agreed in principle to a $27.47 billion deal for health-care funding from the federal government. The agreement is a step toward completing a $196-billi...
Mar 01, 2023

B.C. and Ottawa reach $27 billion health funding agreement
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has agreed in principle to a $27.47 billion deal for health-care funding from the federal government. The agreement is a step toward completing a $196-billi...
Mar 01, 2023

Charges laid in 2021 police-involved shooting
PRINCE GEORGE - Charges have been laid against the offender who was shot by police during an altercation that occurred on May 31, 2021.The B.C. Prosecution Service has approved the following charges a...
Mar 01, 2023

Chase Wheatcroft picks up WHL Player of the Month honours
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Cougars forward Chase Wheatcroft has been named the WHL's player of the month for February. Wheatcroft finished the month with 12 goals and 16 assists in 12 games. Wheatc...
Mar 01, 2023

Vanderhoof RCMP warning public about sextortion scam
VANDERHOOF - Police in Vanderhoof are warning the public about a sextortion scam.On Monday, February 27, Vanderhoof RCMP received a report of sextortion attempt from a local resident. The victim repor...
Mar 01, 2023