Author Archives: Greg Fry

No concerns about kids' use of TikTok despite security review: industry minister
OTTAWA - The federal industry minister says Canadians shouldn't worry about using TikTok, despite an ongoing national security review of the company. Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says ...
Mar 15, 2024

Doctors urge myth-busting, education to counter misinformation as measles cases rise
A troubling rise in measles cases has a Toronto doctor remembering a little girl who became blind, noncommunicative and incontinent after contracting the virus. Dr. Barry Goldlist was a medical studen...
Mar 15, 2024

From club training to Olympic glory
PRINCE GEORGE - Some parents feel overwhelming joy when their child succeeds in sports. Recently, CKPG spoke with some local parents whose children trained at the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club and went on...
Mar 14, 2024

Longtime Conservative MP Ed Fast says he won't run in the next federal election
OTTAWA - Longtime Conservative member of Parliament Ed Fast says he will retire from politics as of the next federal election. Fast, who represents a riding in Abbotsford, B.C., has been an MP for mor...
Mar 14, 2024

MPs to question main contractor on ArriveCan app at House committee
OTTAWA - MPs will have another chance to question the people behind the main contract for the ArriveCan app at a House committee meeting today. This will mark the third time GC Strategies partner Kris...
Mar 13, 2024

By the numbers: Canada's disaster financial assistance program
OTTAWA - Canada's Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program, or DFAA, was launched in 1970, setting a formula for how provinces and territories would split costs with the federal government w...
Mar 12, 2024

RCMP delivers stunning wrap of crime
PRINCE GEORGE - After a lengthy presentation to City Council, a vivid picture was painted of crime in the community last year and what's on the horizon.Superintendent Shaun Wright and Inspector Darin ...
Mar 11, 2024

U.S., Canada agree to work together on reducing B.C. coal mine pollution
The United States and Canada have agreed to launch a probe into a long-running cross-border dispute involving pollution from coal mines in British Columbia flowing into American waters. The two govern...
Mar 11, 2024

Accident kills semi driver on Highway 97 north
CHETWYND - One person is dead after a semi went down an embankment near Chetwynd Saturday morning. North District RCMP say it happened at 7:45 a.m. on Highway 97 and the Silver Sands Forest Service Ro...
Mar 11, 2024

'Clean slate' to reshape B.C. wine industry, after climate-related catastrophes
The heart of British Columbia's wine industry is reeling after suffering a litany of climate-related hits, resulting in two years of crop losses in the southern Interior. Record-breaking heat. Wildfir...
Mar 11, 2024