Author Archives: Greg Fry
Avalanche readiness
PRINCE GEORGE - Winter conditions now exist in the mountains. Avalanche Canada would like to remind backcountry enthusiasts to gear up with a transceiver, shovel, probe, and factor avalanches into you...
Nov 04, 2022
B.C. health science workers reach contract agreement with province
VICTORIA - A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the British Columbia government and the union representing 22,000 health-science professionals. A statement from the Health Employers...
Nov 04, 2022
Fall book sale kicks off Friday at Bob Harkins Branch
PRINCE GEORGE - It's Fall book sale weekend at the Prince George Public Library's downtown Bob Harkins Branch. Put on by the library and the Friends of the Public Library Society, it kicks off with me...
Nov 04, 2022
Oath Keepers head Rhodes on stand in Jan. 6 sedition trial
WASHINGTON (AP) - Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes took the witness stand on Friday in his high-stakes seditious conspiracy trial as he tries to counter allegations that his far-right extremist gro...
Nov 04, 2022
Latest job numbers, Lich back at Emergencies Act inquiry : In The News for Nov. 4
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 Nov. 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Nov 04, 2022
Dig at B.C. shopping mall reveals Indigenous artifacts, and evolution of archeology
Time changes everything - including the way archeology works. It's a point illustrated by the recent discovery of Indigenous artifacts at the site of a shopping mall renovation in Williams Lake in cen...
Nov 04, 2022
Fiscal Update 2022: Ottawa to permanently eliminate student loan interest
Ottawa says it plans to make permanent the pandemic era removal of interest on student loans in an effort to reduce some of the current financial pressures on young Canadians as the cost of living ris...
Nov 03, 2022
Fall budget update promises tax credits for clean electricity and hydrogen production
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fall economic statement creates two new federal tax credits for clean technology and low-emitting hydrogen production. The statement is Freeland's first b...
Nov 03, 2022
'Eliminate the fraudsters': Report delves into Indigenous identity at universities
SASKATOON - A report commissioned after controversy circled a health professor's claims of being Mtis says the University of Saskatchewan was unprepared for Indigenous identity fraud and uneducated on...
Nov 03, 2022
Snowfall warning issued for Prince George and region
PRINCE GEORGE - Get those shovels and snow blowers ready. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Prince George, the Cariboo, and the Stuart-Nechako areas.The national forecaster says 15 ...
Nov 03, 2022