Author Archives: Greg Fry

BURNS LAKE - The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) has opened a new file thanks to an incident in Burns Lake. The IIO says at approximately 6 p.m. last Thursday night (Aug.4), Mounties were call...

WILLIAMS LAKE - A fatal ATV crash claimed the life of a 17-year-old female in Williams Lake over the weekend. RCMP say that just after midnight Saturday, an ATV rolled at the end of Gun a Noot trail. ...

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency says it will be sending e-notifications about uncashed cheques to 25,000 Canadians this month. The federal agency says it has approximately $1.4 billion worth of unc...

KEREMEOS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says planned ignitions are scheduled to enclose a fire burning in the southern Okanagan. Information officer Mikhail Elsay says the controlled burn will increa...

WASHINGTON - The new plan to encourage Americans to buy more electric vehicles built in North America, instead of just the United States, has cleared its tallest hurdle. After a marathon voting sessio...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Province added 14,900 full time jobs last month while unemployment remained low at 4.7 per cent.Federally 31,000 jobs were lost in july while unemployment remained steady at 4.9 pe...

PRINCE GEORGE- Children between six months and four years old can now get appointments for the Moderna vaccine, something that Northern Health recommends.Though few parents appear to be taking the pro...

WASHINGTON - Lower than expected U.S. penalties on softwood lumber exports from Canada are doing little to temper the dismay of the federal government in Ottawa. International Trade Minister Mary Ng i...

PRINCE GEORGE-The fire at Spruce City Stadium is being investigated as an arson.Shortly after 5:00 a.m. on August 3, Fire crews from three halls and RCMP responded to a fire on the 2200 block of Masse...

VICTORIA - Cooler weather has given wildfire crews a modest breather as they battle an increasing number of fires around British Columbia. Information from the BC Wildfire Service shows little overnig...