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RCMP arrest break and enter suspect
PRINCE GEORGE - A suspect has been arrested in relation to a string of break and enters earlier this week downtown.As CKPG Today reported earlier this week, they occurred Monday and Tuesday mornings.T...
Feb 12, 2021

445 new cases of COVID-19, 30 in Northern Health
VANCOUVER - British Columbia continues to slowly push down the COVID-19 curve.This as 445 new cases of the virus were announced today, 30 in the Northern Health region.Here's the regional breakdown:Va...
Feb 12, 2021

Stricter border controls for travellers to begin Feb. 22
OTTAWA - Tighter border controls will come into effect Feb. 22, the prime minister said Friday, not to punish travellers but to try to keep everyone safe. Forcing most who land at airports into a mand...
Feb 12, 2021

Exploration Place opens up its collection
PRINCE GEORGE - Hark! All history buffs! Exploration Place is making it much easier to access its collection. While the doors remain closed to any in-person visits, it has launched a new data server, ...
Feb 12, 2021

B.C. approves single-use plastics bans in Surrey, Nanaimo, Rossland and Esquimalt
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved single-use plastics bans in four more communities. Surrey, Nanaimo, Rossland and Esquimalt are the latest municipalities to implement bans based...
Feb 12, 2021

Prince George joins others in plea for airport
PRINCE GEORGE - Mayor Lyn Hall has added his signature to those of the mayors of five other Canadian cities which find their airports under review by NAAV CANADA.It was last fall, NAV CANADA's review ...
Feb 12, 2021

Western Hockey League's East Division set to play season in Regina hub
CALGARY - The Western Hockey League says it has approval from the Saskatchewan government to play a 24-game East Division season in a hub in Regina starting next month.Friday's announcement means thre...
Feb 12, 2021

No execution: Supco sides with inmate wanting pastor present
ATMORE, Ala. - An Alabama inmate won a reprieve from a planned lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court said the state must allow his personal pastor in the death chamber. Thursday's scheduled ex...
Feb 12, 2021

Trump lawyers say Democrats urge supporters to 'fight,' too
WASHINGTON - Lawyers for Donald Trump defended him against impeachment Friday by accusing Democrats of waging a campaign of "hatred" against the former president and manipulating his words in the lead...
Feb 12, 2021

Nebraska Sen. Sasse bets political future on opposing Trump
OMAHA, Neb. - When Ben Sasse heard that GOP activists in Nebraska were primed to censure him for insufficiently supporting Donald Trump, the Republican senator didn't try to talk them out it. Instead,...
Feb 12, 2021