Author Archives: Greg Fry
B.C. lifts health-care mask rules as province emerges from pandemic, Henry says
VICTORIA - British Columbia is lifting pandemic restrictions like mandatory mask-wearing in health-care settings and visitor restrictions and proof of vaccination in care homes. Provincial health offi...
Apr 06, 2023
Check your bank account, there may be extra money
PRINCE GEORGE - Over the last few years, prices have risen, and people's dollars have become stretched. The province has begun depositing funds into some families' bank accounts to help pay for essent...
Apr 05, 2023
Cougars down 2-1 in opening round playoff series
Kennewick, WA - The visiting Prince George Cougars got goals from Chase Wheatcroft and Hudson Thornton, however, it was not enough as the Cougars dropped game 3 against the Tri-City Americans 4-2 Tues...
Apr 05, 2023
Do or die for Spruce Kings after falling 3-0 in round one of the playoffs
PRINCE GEORGE - The host Prince George Spruce Kings face round one playoff elimination after losing 6-2 to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in Game 3 of their first-round series Tuesday night .The Spruce Ki...
Apr 05, 2023
Quebec truck attack suspect due in court : In The News for April 5
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Apr 05, 2023
Feds back away from timeline for law to make First Nations policing essential service
OTTAWA - The federal government is backing awayfrom setting a timelineto introduce legislation that would declare First Nations policing an essential service, but at least one regional chief hopes to ...
Apr 05, 2023
RCMP release composite sketch of suspect in 'suspicious occurrence'
MACKENZIE - The Mackenzie RCMP has released a composite sketch of a suspect in what they're calling a suspicious occurrence last month.It occurred on March 9 at 11:30 a.m., when a local student report...
Apr 04, 2023
Rock truck driver arrested following 'rampage' allege RCMP
SMITHERS - A man has been arrested after police allege he went on a "rampage" Sunday night in Smithers. Police responded to a report just before 9 p.m. that night "of possible impaired operation of a ...
Apr 04, 2023
Once-prestigious 24 Sussex full of rodents, carcasses: National Capital Commission
OTTAWA - When a lumber baron first built a home for his wife 24 Sussex Drive, he described it as a place of peace, but now it has become a place of rodents. Documents from National Capital Commission ...
Apr 04, 2023
AFN chiefs endorse revised child-welfare settlement, call on Trudeau to apologize
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs have endorsed a revised multi-billion-dollar settlement for children and families harmed by Ottawa's underfunding of on-reserve child and family services. Chiefs gathered...
Apr 04, 2023