Author Archives: Greg Fry
Former cabinet minister appeals to Elections B.C. to register New Liberal Party of BC
VANCOUVER - Former federal cabinet minister Herb Dhaliwal says he wants to revive a liberal party for those left politically homeless in British Columbia after the BC United Party suspended its campai...
Sep 17, 2024
City and Cougars sign new four-year agreement
PRINCE GEORGE - The City of Prince George and the Prince George Cougars have announced the signing of a new four-year license agreement for the CN Centre. The previous agreement between the City and E...
Sep 17, 2024
Foam, soft plastics and glass now accepted at local recycling sites
PRINCE GEORGE - After a three-month pause, the regional district has teamed up with Recycle BC and re-opened three transfer stations. For the first time, the stations are capable of accepting various ...
Sep 16, 2024
One dead, two injured in Highway 16 collision
PRINCE GEORGE-On Sunday (September 15) Smither RCMP and the Highway Patrol were called to a head on collision on Highway 16 west of Raymond Road. RCMP say that an eastbound pickup truck and a westboun...
Sep 16, 2024
In the news today: Parliament resumes under precarious conditions
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... MPs return to Ottawa for what promises to be a boisterous sitting Members of Parliament are back in Ottawa tod...
Sep 16, 2024
B.C. municipal leaders gather to talk infrastructure, addiction, emergency management
VANCOUVER - The president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities says communities have billions of dollars worth of infrastructure that will need replacing in the next decade and the province needs to st...
Sep 16, 2024
Brink proposes to buy Canfor assets in Bear Lake, Vanderhoof, Fort St. John and Houston
PRINCE GEORGE - Despite two recent sawmill closures in Northern B.C., John Brink is not giving up on the forestry industry and is seeing the closures as an opportunity.Brink has announced that he has ...
Sep 13, 2024
Regional Hospital Board approves $318 million for surgical tower
PRINCE GEORGE - The Board for the Regional Hospital Board has approved its commitment to the $1.6 Billion surgical tower. That dollar amount is just over $318 million dollars. That's on top of the $45...
Sep 12, 2024
'I will not give up': Denial of permit will not stop Integrity Recovery Society
PRINCE GEORGE - City council has put the brakes on bringing existing supportive housing into compliance at a residence in College Heights, denying the applicant, Rick Edwards of the Integrity Recovery...
Sep 11, 2024
B.C. businesses seek concrete economic 'vision' from parties ahead of fall election
VANCOUVER - Leaders from a wide array of businesses in British Columbia are urging the province's political parties to "deliver a clear and actionable plan" for revitalizing an economy that they say h...
Sep 10, 2024