Author Archives: Greg Fry
Suspicious packages in Vanderhoof contained anti-inclusion threats - RCMP
VANDERHOOF - Mounties continue to investigate the discovery of several suspicious packages in Vanderhoof.The packages were located on February 28, 2025 at the local post office. The envelopes were fou...
Mar 13, 2025
Media outlets start receiving Google payments from Online News Act: journalism group
Money has started to flow to Canadian news outlets from the $100 million Google agreed to pay them in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act, the organization administering the fund said. ...
Mar 13, 2025
IIO investigating injuries of one person while in RCMP custody in Quesnel
QUESNEL - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating an incident in Quesnel where a person was injured in an RCMP detachment cell.The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) says information ...
Mar 12, 2025
B.C.'s New Democrat government and Greens finalize confidence agreement
VICTORIA - British Columbia's NDP government and the provincial Green Party caucus have signed an agreement that consolidates the New Democrats' hold on the provincial legislature where they have a on...
Mar 12, 2025
Rare unanimous support for B.C. bill on perinatal, postnatal mental health care
VICTORIA - British Columbia's politicians have found rare common ground and given unanimous support in the legislature to a private member's bill proposing universal access to mental health care for p...
Mar 12, 2025
Canada calls for unity, pushes back on U.S. tariffs as G7 ministers gather in Quebec
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is welcoming her counterparts from some of the world's most powerful countries to Quebec this week, as Ottawa works to maintain unity between Washington a...
Mar 12, 2025
Canadian pride surges in face of Trump's tariff, sovereignty threats: Leger poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians' sense of national pride has surged in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats against the country's sovereignty. The poll, conducted by Le...
Mar 12, 2025
Will Mark Carney's success increase popularity of Liberals in northern BC?
PRINCE GEORGE - With Mark Carney elected Liberal leader over the weekend, a Prince George political analyst says there may be renewed interested locally in running for the party. CNC Political Science...
Mar 10, 2025
CP NewsAlert: 3 B.C. Conservatives will sit as Independents
VICTORIA - A group of three former B.C. Conservative legislators have announced they will sit as Independents in the provincial legislature. Dallas Brodie was kicked out of the party on Friday over he...
Mar 10, 2025
Cougars to host Retro Weekend March 21, 22
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars are hosting Retro Weekend on the final weekend of the regular season.In partnership with Indigenous Police Services, it will take place when the Cougars welco...
Mar 07, 2025