Category Archives: Cariboo Region

CKPG to provide full election coverage Saturday night
PRINCE GEORGE - CKPG will be your one-stop shop for provincial election coverage Saturday night (Oct.19), with a special emphasis on the three Prince George ridings and Nechako Lakes.From 8 p.m. until...
Oct 18, 2024

Joel McKay steps down as Northern Development CEO for new role with City of Quesnel
CARIBOO- The Northern Development Initiative Trust's Board of Directors has announced that CEO Joel McKay will be leaving the Trust at the end of the year to pursue the City Manager position for the C...
Oct 17, 2024

Independent candidate Coralee Oakes campaign different than most
PRINCE GEORGE - The provincial election is down to its final days and candidates are making their final pitches to voters. In the riding of Prince George-North Cariboo, independent candidate and three...
Oct 15, 2024

Vehicle fire closes Highway 97 south of Quesnel
QUESNEL - Update: The highway has reopened to single-lane alternating traffic.Earlier: Motorists beware.A semi truck fire has closed Highway 97 in both directions 45 kilometres south of Quesnel at Mel...
Oct 11, 2024

Independent candidate calls for targeted rural post-secondary funding
PRINCE GEORGE - Coralee Oakes is calling for the establishment of a targeted rural post-secondary operating grant.The Prince George-North Cariboo independent candidate says "we need to provide sustain...
Oct 08, 2024

30-year-old man arrested after fleeing police in Quesnel
QUESNEL - A 30-year-old man that Quesnel RCMP say is a repeat offender has been arrested.It follows a pursuit that began at approximately 9 p.m. Wednesday (Oct.2) night following a report of a suspici...
Oct 03, 2024

Quesnel River Rush parts ways with GM & head coach
QUESNEL - Just two games into the regular season and a big change for the Quesnel River Rush of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.Business Manager/Governor Hillary Shearing has confirmed...
Sep 27, 2024

Independent candidate Coralee Oakes calls for establishment of vet school at UNBC
PRINCE GEORGE - Independent candidate for Prince George-North Cariboo Coralee Oakes is calling for the establishment of a veterinarian school at UNBC."Today, you cannot get a DVM degree (Doctor of Vet...
Sep 26, 2024

Denice Bardua announced as BC NDP candidate for Prince George-North Cariboo
PRINCE GEORGE - Denice Bardua has been announced as the BC NDP candidate for Prince George-North Cariboo."Our candidates have the experience to understand today's challenges facing people in this prov...
Sep 24, 2024

Reports of a man with a firearm near an elementary school in Quesnel deemed unfounded
CARIBOO- The RCMP in Quesnel are advising everyone that a lockdown at Lakeview Elementary School has been liftedThe lockdown took place on September 13, 2024, at around 8:15 a.m., after a student said...
Sep 13, 2024