Author Archives: Greg Fry

Community Foundation celebrate extraordinary milestone
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Community Foundation is proud to be celebrating an extraordinary milestone: over $10 million in grants given back to the community. To mark this achievement and thank...
May 09, 2025

Over 800 ballots 'mistakenly kept' in B.C. riding
PRINCE GEORGE - Over 800 special ballots cast during the recent federal election were mistakenly kept at the office of a returning officer in B.C., Elections Canada says.The agency says all registered...
May 08, 2025

Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in t...
May 08, 2025
May 6, 2025: CKPG News on Demand
.Prime Minister Mark Carney met Donald Trump for the first time in person. Plus, the City of Prince George is looking ways it change their policies around procurement. And, a kitchen fire on Robson Av...
May 08, 2025

Cougars select first round draft pick
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Coguars selected forward Cohen Baker as their first round draft pick on Wednesday (May 7).Baker was chosen 17th overall and comes from the Burnaby Winter Club U15 pro...
May 08, 2025

In the news today: Former NDP MP warns: tough times ahead in parliament for the party
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... NDP faces 'Parliament from hell,' says ex-MP The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official part...
May 08, 2025

B.C. premier says softwood lumber accord could build "momentum" for U.S. trade deals
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says resolving the softwood lumber dispute could create "momentum" for a larger trade agreement between Canada and the United States. Eby says he and seve...
May 07, 2025

Provincial government invests $500K for study for youth support centre
B-C's Ministry of Health says it is investing $500,000 to the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation to conduct a feasibility study to help design a northern youth support centre in the region. It says the move...
May 07, 2025

Planned burn could have killed trapped firefighters, says B.C. safety report
British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became...
May 07, 2025

Fact-checking Carney's first face-to-face meeting with Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday in their first face-to-face meeting since Carney's Liberal party won the most seats in the April 28 election. S...
May 06, 2025