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Evicted after 10 years; PG man is latest victim to unstable rental market
PRINCE GEORGE-Glenn Kovach was born and raised in Prince George. After retiring for over a decade, the clock is ticking for him to find a stable home."When Rustad shut their doors. A lot of us lost ou...
Jan 22, 2022

Prime minister calls freezing deaths of four near U.S. border mind-boggling, tragic
Canada is doing all it can to stop people from risking their lives by crossing the border illegally, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Trudeau was responding to the deaths of a family that tr...
Jan 22, 2022

Official: 1 officer killed, 1 seriously hurt in NYC shooting
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York Police Department officer was killed and another gravely injured Friday night after responding to a domestic disturbance call, according to a law enforcement official. A sus...
Jan 21, 2022

Qualify and Cancelled: PG speedskaters deal with whirlwind week
PRINCE GEORGE - It's been a long road for a group of speed skaters here in Prince George, working their way from the learn to skate program up to the advanced programming, with goals of becoming high-...
Jan 21, 2022

Northern Health reports an additional 190 COVID-19 cases
NORTHERN BC- The province is reporting 2,364 new cases of COVID-19, 190 of which were identified in the north. Northern Health now makes up for 1,581 of BC's 33,997 active cases. Currently, 924 COVID-...
Jan 21, 2022

Powder King ready to take next step in development
PRINCE GEORGE - With another winter in full swing, the ski season has been challenging so far for Powder King Mountain Resort located in the Pine Pass south of Chetwynd.Owner and manager Jim Salisbury...
Jan 21, 2022

Work opportunities plentiful for trades
PRINCE GEORGE - Trades training dominated a roundtable during the Natural Resources Forum this week and it seems natural, as many of the workers in those industries are tradespeople. But planning for ...
Jan 21, 2022

2022: The Year of the Garden
PRINCE GEORGE - The federal government has declared 2022 the Year of the Garden and the City will soon proclaim June 18th Garden Day. "There's a movement among communities all across Canada to declare...
Jan 21, 2022

LNG Canada provides project update
NORTHERN BC - It is the largest private sector investment in Canadian history and the LNG Canada project in Kitimat had a busy 2021, despite the pandemic. "Overall, the LNG Canada project is now over ...
Jan 21, 2022

Grants approved for 14 caribou habitat restoration projects.
PRINCE GEORGE - Provincial biologists, keep a close eye on caribou as the majority are at threat. This month the Governments of Canada and British Columbia recently infused millions of dollars into gr...
Jan 21, 2022