Author Archives: Greg Fry
B.C. lumber industry on edge after Biden ups the ante on Buy American policies
WASHINGTON - British Columbia's lumber industry is anxiously parsing U.S. President Joe Biden's latest Buy American language to better understand the implications for Canadian exporters. The B.C. Lumb...
Feb 09, 2023
Three-vehicle MVI on Highway 16 East and Shelley Road
PRINCE GEORGE - Emergency crews are responding to a three-vehicle crash on Highway 16 East and the intersection near Shelley Road.RCMP say it happened just before 2:30 p.m. this afternoon though the c...
Feb 08, 2023
PG Community Foundation and Spruce Credit Union fund a trio of projects
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Community Foundation and Interior Savings are thrilled to announce the recipients of the Spruce Credit Union Legacy Fund. $241,250 will be distributed to three worthy...
Feb 08, 2023
Tug company, senior official charged in fatal 2021 sinking off northwest B.C. coast
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - Charges have now been laid against a tug and barge company and one of its senior officials two years after a tug sank off British Columbia's coasts south of Kitimat, killing the ...
Feb 08, 2023
Man who allegedly carried long knife near elementary school facing multiple charges
PRINCE GEORGE - Charges have been laid against a man arrested near Peden Hill Elementary last Thursday (Feb 2). RCMP allege he was walking on Range Road near Wiebe Road carrying a long knife and utter...
Feb 08, 2023
Pierre Poilievre pledges to honour Trudeau's health-care funding offer to premiers
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre says he would honour the health-care increases Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised provinces if his Conservatives form the next government. Poilievre made the pledge t...
Feb 08, 2023
The Cougars launch a 5-1 win over the Rockets
Prince George, BC -Make it three straight wins for the Prince George Cougars, blasting the Kelowna Rockets 5-1 Tuesday night at CN Centre.Tyler Brennan posted his tenth win of the season, making 19 sa...
Feb 08, 2023
Mayor says ring road is needed
PRINCE GEORGE - The debate of a potential ring road is on again as Mayor Simon Yu has called for a need to build a ring road, diverting traffic off of Highway 16 in the downtown core. Mayor Yu has exp...
Feb 07, 2023
National reconciliation day to become September statutory holiday in B.C.
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced legislation to make Sept. 30 a paid statutory holiday marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Labour Minister Harry Bains intro...
Feb 07, 2023
Four arrested following armed robbery
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP says that four individuals were arrested followed an armed robbery.On Tuesday, February 7 at around 1 a.m., police responded to a report of an armed robbery at a gas...
Feb 07, 2023