Author Archives: Greg Fry
Local bridal shop out 30k after brazen back to back smash & grabs
PRINCE GEORGE - In 20 years of bridal shop business, close to 15 of which at this very same downtown location on 5th ave, Mary Simoes has never experienced a break-in quite like this one. Her losses f...
Feb 13, 2023
Winterfest is back!
PRINCE GEORGE - February 2020. That was the last time Winterfest graced the downtown, courtesy COVID. But it's back this weekend, complete with some of the usual suspects. "We're going to bring back t...
Feb 13, 2023
PG Cougar named WHL Player of the Week
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Cougar Chase Wheatcroft has been named WHL player of the Week. The forward scored four goals and added seven assists in four games last week. He'll enter tomorrow night's...
Feb 13, 2023
Major parties support quick passage of Liberal law delaying assisted dying expansion
OTTAWA - All major parties in the House of Commons are signalling they will support a Liberal bill that would further delay the expansion of medically assisted dying to people whose sole condition is ...
Feb 13, 2023
PG Chamber of Commerce appoints new CEO
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Chamber of Commerce has appointed Quynlan Young as its new CEO.She's been with the Chamber since 2018 when she started as executive projects coordinator. Young was bo...
Feb 13, 2023
Weekend 'anomaly' over Montana first detected in Canadian airspace: Norad commander
WASHINGTON - An "anomaly" that military officials were tracking through the weekend before fighter jets downed an unknown object over the Great Lakes was first detected in Canadian airspace. Norad com...
Feb 13, 2023
In The News for Feb. 13 : Just what are these "objects" flying above North America?
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 Feb. 13 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Feb 13, 2023
Suspicious death now considered a homicide
PRINCE GEORGE - A death that occurred February 4 that was first considered suspicious, has turned into a homicide investigation.The woman was found dead in a home on the 500 block of 17 Avenue shortly...
Feb 10, 2023
Quesnel RCMP cleared in fatal 2021 shooting
QUESNEL -The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) will not be recommending charges against the Quesnel RCMP in regards to a fatal shooting that occurred there on August 31, 2021. Quesnel RCMP say t...
Feb 10, 2023
PG sees slight growth in January jobless numbers
OTTAWA - The numbers out of Statistics Canada show a slight uptick in the January unemployment rate for Prince George, at 5.9 percent compared to 5.4 percent in December and 3.4 percent in January of ...
Feb 10, 2023