Author Archives: Greg Fry
Citizen recognition medal program beginning to take shape
PRINCE GEORGE - The City of Prince George is one step closer to implementing a new citizen recognition medal program in 2026.City Councillors will vote on a series of proposed rules for the select com...
Jan 12, 2025
Grand Tour of Caledonia begins January 13
PRINCE GEORGE-This is your last chance to sign up for the Grand Tour of Caledonia.Gear up for the annual six week cross country ski challenge. Starting Monday January 13 the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club ...
Jan 10, 2025
Flu driving spike in respiratory illness in B.C., but COVID-19 numbers low
VANCOUVER - New data shared by British Columbia's Centre for Disease Control shows the province has one of the worst flu rates in Canada, as a holiday-season spike in respiratory illnesses continues. ...
Jan 09, 2025
Prince George fire chief announces retirement
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Fire Rescue Chief Cliff Warner has announced he will be retiring on May 30, 2025.It will cap a 30-year career, including the past three years as fire chief.A City news re...
Jan 09, 2025
Natural Resources Forum returns to Prince George Jan.14-16
PRINCE GEORGE - The 22nd annual Natural Resources Forum (BCNRF) takes place at the Civic Centre January 14-16.It will feature more than 1,300 Indigenous leaders, industry leaders, community members, a...
Jan 09, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Elections BC looks into vote complaint in riding that gave NDP majority
VICTORIA - Elections BC says it is looking into a complaint of voting irregularities from a B.C. Conservative candidate in a riding narrowly won by the NDP, giving the government a one-seat majority i...
Jan 09, 2025
Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum gets a new executive director
PRINCE GEORGE- The Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum (CBCRFM) is welcoming Baptiste Marcere as their new Executive Director. Marcere will be succeeding Katherine Carlson after she became the Exec...
Jan 09, 2025
Booze-free 'liquor' stores offer options, as some B.C. craft brewers decline and fall
VANCOUVER - Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen's liquor store on Vancouver's Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila - so long as you don't want any actual liquor. Hansen's "a...
Jan 09, 2025
B.C. orders masks for hospitals, care facilities as flu, respiratory illness increase
VICTORIA - Medical masks are again required in British Columbia health-care facilities as provincial authorities say cases of respiratory illness are rising. A statement from B.C.'s Health Ministry sa...
Jan 08, 2025
RCMP seek witnesses to weigh scale fire they deem as 'suspicious'
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP need your help in their investigation of the Red Rock weigh scale fire on Christmas Eve.The fire was reported to police at around 6:20 a.m. that day resulting in $85...
Jan 03, 2025