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Justin Bieber working with YouTube on 'top secret project'
NEW YORK - Justin Bieber got his start posting cover songs on YouTube and now he's working with the platform on a "top secret project." YouTube announced Thursday that it is planning a project with th...
May 02, 2019
First responders clearing collision on Highway 97 South
PRINCE GEORGE- A collision took place between two semi-trucks and a pickup at around 4 p.m. The driver of the pickup and one of the semi drivers has been sent to hospital with undetermined injuries. O...
May 02, 2019 Collision on Highway 97 South
Student tackled campus gunman, slain while saving lives
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina college student tackled a gunman who opened fire in his classroom, saving others' lives but losing his own in the process, police said Wednesday. Riley Howell, 21, w...
May 02, 2019
'Spirit Day' raises money for mental health initiative
PRINCE GEORGE- The Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation's annual Spirit Day has raised money for diagnostic equipment for UHNBC and the Northern B.C. region. "Nothing we do could be done if it wa...
May 02, 2019 Volunteers answer calls and accept donations
19-year-old director wins top award at Tribeca Film Festival
NEW YORK - Nineteen-year-old filmmaker Phillip Youmans has won the top award at the Tribeca Film Festival. "Burning Cane," which Youmans finished as a 17-year-old graduating high school, on Thursday t...
May 02, 2019
City to ponder public washrooms downtown
During a discussion about improvements, both past and present, to the downtown, the issue of public washrooms arose. Or the lack of them. Councillor Cori Ramsay first broached the subject, saying ever...
May 02, 2019 Downtown Businesses
Former Miss Uruguay found dead at a Mexico City hotel
MEXICO CITY - A former Miss Uruguay pageant winner has been found dead at a Mexico City hotel. City prosecutors say a Uruguayan woman was found hanged in the bathroom of one of the hotel's rooms early...
May 02, 2019
Inspector in Kraft case says she saw evidence of trafficking
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida health inspector testified Tuesday that she saw possible evidence of human trafficking at the massage parlour where police say New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft...
May 02, 2019
Lheidli T'enneh leaders sworn in
About 200 members of the Lheidli T'enneh communitiy, civic officials, and Prince George community members witnessed the swearing in of the newly elected Lheidli T'enneh Chief, Council, and Lands Autho...
May 02, 2019 CKPG Today
Psychiatrist on what doctors to consider when advising patients during Ramadan
VANCOUVER - A Canadian psychiatrist is advising doctors to help address the needs of mentally ill Muslim patients whose medication regimen could be affected by fasting during the upcoming re...
May 02, 2019