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CKPG wins RTDNA award for LNG feature
VANCOUVER - A big honour for the CKPG newsroom.CKPG-TV has won a Radio Television Digital News Association award in the long feature category for its television news special 'Along the Line.' That pro...
Apr 15, 2020
Raptors guard Norm Powell studying sign language, Spanish during hiatus
Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell has been using this forced down time to brush up on his sign language. The 26-year-old, whose mom was a special needs educator, studied sign language as a...
Apr 15, 2020
B.C.'s state of emergency extended
VICTORIA-The BC government is extending the provincial state of emergency for another two weeks.Premier John Horgan made the announcement today as he addressed the media.According to the BC Government...
Apr 15, 2020
Rachael Ray tapes show from home, makes $4M virus donation
Rachael Ray had big plans for the quarantine break at her home in upstate New York. She envisioned "a Renaissance time," rereading the classics, resuming her Danish lessons and studying Italian. "I wa...
Apr 15, 2020
Online forum available as trustees meet to receive KRSS engagement results
PRINCE GEORGE - A forum to receive the summary report from the public's feedback and ideas regarding the Kelly Road Secondary School naming decision will be held on April 22 starting at 6 p.m.The Foru...
Apr 15, 2020 CKPG News File Image.
Scottish clubs vote to end season below top-tier Premiership
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Scottish clubs have voted to end the season for leagues below the top-flight Premiership with immediate effect amid the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Wednesday. A resolut...
Apr 15, 2020
Former Jays infielder Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star, dead at 63
TORONTO - Former Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star and a big part of the club's rise to prominence in the 1980s, has died at the age of 63. Garcia, who had ...
Apr 15, 2020
Woodbine CEO Lawson postpones 2020 Pepsi North America Cup harness event
TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson says the 2020 Pespi North America Cup has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawson made the announcement Wednesday during a question-and...
Apr 15, 2020
US relief checks begin arriving as economic damage piles up
WASHINGTON - Government relief checks began arriving in Americans' bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wednesday and sluggish sales at reopened stores in Eur...
Apr 15, 2020
Pandemic sparks parades across Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE-You may have seen them around the city, a group of volunteers trying to make the best of the COVID-19 pandemic.COVID-19 PG Volunteer Car Parades was started by Melanie Hanson, a Prince G...
Apr 15, 2020 Photo Courtesy: COVID-19 PG Volunteer Car Parade via Facebook