Author Archives: Greg Fry
Exploration Place CEO honoured with career achievement award
PRINCE GEORGE - A big honour for the CEO of The Exploration Place.Tracy Calogheros won the Outstanding Career Achievement Award during the CASCADES Thursday. The CASCADES are awarded annually by the C...
Sep 24, 2021
Thousands of mail ballots still to be counted: 12 ridings started tally Friday
OTTAWA - The final federal election result may be delayed until the weekend - or even longer - because thousands of mail-in ballots have still to be counted. Twelve ridings did not start counting mail...
Sep 24, 2021
Rural property owners warned to check their belongings after string of thefts
PRINCE GEORGE - If you own a rural property north of town, the RCMP says you should check to make sure you haven't been robbed. This after police seized a large amount of stolen items from a truck and...
Sep 24, 2021
Federal deficit hit $48.5 billion over first four months of fiscal year
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of more than $48 billion over the first four months of its fiscal year, about $100 billion less than the treasury pumped out during the same period one ye...
Sep 24, 2021
PG women march against gender-based violence
PRINCE GEORGE - Around 100 women marched in honour of those who have not survived violence and for those who have. Thursday night was the 30th annual Take Back the Night event, a global movement of wo...
Sep 23, 2021
Massive B.C. wildfire causes $77 million in insurance damage
VANCOUVER - A wildfire that began on Aug. 2 in British Columbia and grew to more than 833 square kilometres is now estimated to have caused $77 million in insurance damage. The cost estimate from the ...
Sep 23, 2021
NHLers weigh in on league's vaccine policy: 'I've gotta be careful with this one'
Thatcher Demko took a long pause before answering. Not because he didn't know what to say - the Vancouver Canucks goalie just wanted to be sure he chose his words carefully when the topic pivoted. "I'...
Sep 23, 2021
Canada West Soccer Preview: TWolves at Thunderbirds
PRINCE GEORGE - The UNBC Timberwolves Women's and Men's Soccer Teams is going to be down in Vancouver this weekend as they get ready for a two-game series against the UBC Thunderbirds.Women's SoccerSe...
Sep 23, 2021
Twitter takes down Maxime Bernier tweet that called reporters 'idiots'
OTTAWA - Twitter has taken down a post by People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier after he insulted individual reporters on social media and shared their contact information. In a tweet Wednesd...
Sep 23, 2021
Special ballot counts continue as four federal ridings in B.C. remain undecided
OTTAWA - Uncertainty of the outcome of the Vancouver Granville riding drags on following Monday's federal vote. Liberal candidate Taleeb Noormohamed has been leading New Democrat Anjali Appadurai. Noo...
Sep 23, 2021