Author Archives: Greg Fry
Salmon make an unexpected appearance in city creek
PRINCE GEORGE - For the past few days, sockeye salmon have been spotted swimming in one of the city's urban creeks. Many people are excited, but fish experts are concerned. "When we see them in a litt...
Aug 16, 2022
B.C. drug death toll passes 10,000 since declaration of emergency in 2016: coroner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province has lost more than 10,000 lives to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Lisa Lapointe says t...
Aug 16, 2022
B.C. drug death toll passes 10,000 since declaration of emergency in 2016: coroner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province has lost more than 10,000 lives to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Lisa Lapointe says t...
Aug 16, 2022
Border agents see discrimination, LaFlamme ousted: In The News for Aug. 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, August 16, 2022. What we are watchin...
Aug 16, 2022
Hasler Flats wildfire being held
CHETWYND - The lightning-caused Hasler Flats wildfire is now being held. The blaze, located about 30 kilometres southwest of Chetwynd, is not expected to spread beyond determined containment lines due...
Aug 15, 2022
BCGEU announces targeted job action, picket lines, as strike notice expires in B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - The British Columbia General Employees' Union says it will set up picket lines at four BC Liquor Distribution Branch wholesale and distribution centres as it begins targeted job action...
Aug 15, 2022
BC Liberals propose 30-day action plan for healthcare
PRINCE GEORGE- It has been over a month since the BC Liberals proposed a 30-day action plan to help the ongoing health crisis. This week the party did it again."We know that the health care system in ...
Aug 12, 2022
Body-Worn cameras will be costly
PRINCE GEORGE - As City Council geared up to contemplate its latest budget last fall, the City was staring at a massive hike to the policing budget after the federal government negotiated pay raises f...
Aug 12, 2022
Excitement in B.C. Indigenous communities as salmon get past Fraser slide zone
VANCOUVER - Thousands of migrating sockeye and chinook salmon appear to be making it through a massive slide area on the Fraser River on their way to spawn in central British Columbia. Fisheries and O...
Aug 12, 2022
BC Wildfire Service using a number of methods to bring Okanagan blaze under control
KEREMEOS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says it is using a combination of tools to control a blaze on the outskirts of the southern Okanagan region. Information officer Mikhail Elsay had said control...
Aug 08, 2022