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Supply and demand driving higher than normal air travel prices
PRINCE GEORGE - For many driving to or from the Lower Mainland to BC's Interior is routine during the holiday season, this year, however, that may not be possible due to the countless highway closures...
Dec 08, 2021

Home severely damaged by fire in Pineview
PRINCE GEORGE - Volunteer fire crews from the Pineview Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire this morning on the 3000 block of Fraser road.The homeowner across the street called in the f...
Dec 08, 2021

Almost 86% of B.C. residents five and up have first dose of vaccine
VICTORIA - B.C. health officials are reporting 379 new cases of COVID-19 and six new deaths. The Health Ministry says in a news release Wednesday that there are 2,874 active cases of COVID-19, with 22...
Dec 08, 2021

UWNBC hosting children's book drive this Friday
PRINCE GEORGE- United Way of Northern BC is hosting a children's book drive this Friday as part of the annual Tree of Lights campaign. People are being asked to bring new or lightly used children's bo...
Dec 08, 2021

Manitoba elder Dave Courchene Jr., founder of Indigenous education centre, dies at 71
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba elder who founded an internationally recognized centre that shares Indigenous knowledge and teachings died Wednesday at age 71. The Turtle Lodge Centre of Excellence in Indigenou...
Dec 08, 2021

Spruce City Wildlife Association receives recognition award from Conservation Officer Service
PRINCE GEORGE - Volunteers with the Spruce City Wildlife Association were recognized this week for spearheading an initiative known to clean up the backcountry. Spruce City Wildlife has been a non-pro...
Dec 08, 2021

Three NDP MPs sign petition criticizing B.C.'s NDP government over pipeline protests
OTTAWA - Three federal New Democrat MPs have signed a petition denouncing British Columbia's NDP government for its handling of an Indigenous protest at a pipeline work site and voicing distress at th...
Dec 08, 2021

Meadows sues as Jan. 6 panel proceeds with contempt case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday sued the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection as the chairman of the panel pledged to move ...
Dec 08, 2021

Businesses pay the price for low vaccinations
PRINCE GEORGE - Vaccination rates in Prince George are around 90%, and yet they are considerably lower in the Northeast of the province. But both in the jurisdiction of Northern Health, the reason Pri...
Dec 08, 2021

B.C. giving $1 million to wildfire-ravaged Lytton to help with recovery
LYTTON, B.C. - The British Columbia government says it is immediately providing a grant of $1 million to support the Village of Lytton as it recovers from a destructive wildfire last summer. The fast-...
Dec 08, 2021