Author Archives: Greg Fry
Candidates forum to focus on poverty, homelessness, and the drug poisoning crisis
PRINCE GEORGE - The final all-candidates election forum happens tonight (Oct.11) at the Omineca Arts Centre at 369 Victoria Street. The focus tonight is on poverty, homelessness and the drug poisoning...
Oct 11, 2022
Bauer pauses role as official equipment provider to Hockey Canada's men's teams
Bauer Hockey is putting its partnership with Hockey Canada on ice, calling the repeated breach of trust by the national organization's leadership "extremely disturbing." The company says it's pausing ...
Oct 11, 2022
Trudeau condemns Russia, U.K. killer of Canadian sentenced : In The News for Oct. 11
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 Oct. 11 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 11, 2022
U.K. man sentenced to life in prison for murder of Canadian teenager
CHELMSFORD, United Kingdom - A British man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Canadian teenager who moved to England last year to meet him. Essex Police say in a statement that J...
Oct 10, 2022
As provinces hand out cash, advocates say inflation help should be more targeted
MONTREAL - Anti-poverty advocates say the one-time inflation aid payments announced by provinces including Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador are a missed opportunity to help those most in need. Dou...
Oct 10, 2022
Five things to know as the Emergencies Act public inquiry gets underway
The inquiry into the federal government's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during "Freedom Convoy" protests last winter will start public hearings on Thursday. Here are five things to know abo...
Oct 10, 2022
22 facing charges following undercover drug trafficking operation in Quesnel
QUESNEL - Close to two dozen people are facing charges following a two-month undercover operation targeting drug traffickers in Quesnel.Quesnel RCMP Sgt. Clay Kronebusch says the operation took place ...
Oct 10, 2022
Campaigns in crisis mode as B.C. mayors pivot from parks and potholes to big picture
When Merlin Blackwell ran for mayor four years ago in the small community of Clearwater in British Columbia's North Thompson River valley, the issues were simple, to say the least. "It was, 'Are you g...
Oct 10, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Health Canada approves Pfizer's BA.4/BA.5 Omicron vaccine
OTTAWA - Health Canada says Canadians ages 12 and up can now be given the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccine that targets the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of the Omicron variant. Health Minister Jean-Y...
Oct 07, 2022
Prince George unemployment rate drops in September
PRINCE GEORGE - Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy posted a modest gain of 21,000 jobs in September. In the federal agency's latest labour force survey released on Friday, the unemployment ra...
Oct 07, 2022