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Prince George receives Community Recognition Award for Fire Hall
PRINCE GEORGE- The City of Prince George was recognized at the recent Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) convention for leadership in wood design for the new Fire Hall #1. The City was one of five loca...
Sep 23, 2021

Justice for Jessie-Mae
ckpgPRINCE GEORGE - The family of Jessie-Mae Hayward held a healing drum circle Wednesday afternoon, at the very spot where her life was taken.Jessie-Mae was fatally stabbed just outside the Prince Ge...
Sep 23, 2021

Premiers urge Trudeau to meet with them ASAP on health-care funding
CHILLIWACK - Canada's premiers are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to meet with them at his earliest opportunity to discuss long-term, predictable funding for health care. Premiers from all the p...
Sep 23, 2021

Paid sick leave coming
PRINCE GEORGE - Small business accounts for more than 90 percent of all businesses in the province. and soon, they will be obliged to provide paid sick leave for their employers. But whether it is thr...
Sep 23, 2021

Massive B.C. wildfire causes $77 million in insurance damage
VANCOUVER - A wildfire that began on Aug. 2 in British Columbia and grew to more than 833 square kilometres is now estimated to have caused $77 million in insurance damage. The cost estimate from the ...
Sep 23, 2021

Studio Fair is back!
PRINCE GEORGE - It is the unofficial launch to the Christmas shopping season. Studio Fair is back, following a year-long hiatus due to the pandemic.But it will be a pared-down version this year and, i...
Sep 23, 2021

Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont detained in Sardinia
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was detained Thursday in Sardinia, Italy, his lawyer said. Lawyer Gonzalo Boye wrote on Twitter that the ex-Catalan regional president, ...
Sep 23, 2021

RCMP responded to 3 incidents with Vaccine Passports
PRINCE GEORGE- Vaccine Passports have been in effect for just over a week now and although the City of Prince George has had to adapt, there are still some issues that have arisen. Over the past week,...
Sep 23, 2021

Captaincy, Gaudreau's contract status the plot lines of Calgary Flames training camp
CALGARY - Replacing the leadership and minutes of departed captain Mark Giordano is a burning issue at Calgary Flames training camp. After eight years wearing the 'C ' and leading the team in ice time...
Sep 23, 2021

Feds to provide Red Cross, Armed Forces help as COVID-19 swamps Alberta's hospitals
EDMONTON - The federal government says it will come to Alberta's aid as the province's hospitals face an overwhelming wave of COVID-19 patients. Bill Blair, the federal minister of public safety and e...
Sep 23, 2021