Prince George

Winners of the 2020 Business Excellence Awards

PRINCE GEORGE-The 35th Annual Business Excellence Awards took place Monday evening and while many businesses were several contenders only a few walked away with an award.Business of the Year: Ridgelin...

Oct 13, 2020

COVID-19 testing centre moves

PRINCE GEORGE-Northern Health's Prince George COVID-19 testing collection centre is moving.The centre, originally located at the Prince George Urgent and Primary Care Centre, #143 Parkwood Place, 1600...

Oct 13, 2020

Housing needs assessment coming

PRINCE GEORGE - The last time the City took a look at the housing stock available in the community was 2014. But much has changed since then. That's why the City is applying to the Union of BC Municip...

Oct 13, 2020

New partnership helps create animal management plans in First Nations communities

PRINCE GEORGE- The Prince George Humane Society is announcing a new partnership that would help create sustainable animal management plans in First Nations communities.A Facebook post by the society s...

Oct 13, 2020

Coming up: B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer will update COVID-19 case count information

PRINCE GEORGE-Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry is set to address the province this afternoon on updated COVID-19 case count information.The update will cover four reporting periods (Friday-...

Oct 13, 2020

Possible COVID-19 exposure on Prince George Taxi Service

PRINCE GEORGE-Prince George residents may have been exposed to COVID-19 in early October on a local transportation service.A release by Northern Health says that anyone who used the services of Prince...

Oct 13, 2020

Forcing the discussion: the role of BC's 'Fringe Parties'

PRINCE GEORGE - Once upon a time, many may have considered the BC Green Party to be a 'fringe party'."But they worked at it for many years and slowly gained some support. Today, they have three seats ...

Oct 11, 2020

Single-use plastic ban could cause headaches for council, local businesses

PRINCE GEORGE - Last year, the City of Prince George dabbled with the idea of implementing a single-use plastic ban to follow in the footsteps of plans the City of Victoria were working on. It had bee...

Oct 10, 2020

BackCountry Cleanups hauls 420kg of garbage near local elementary school

PRINCE GEORGE - It was another successful day for the Spruce City Wildlife's BackCountry Cleanups initiative Saturday. The group cleaned a regular dump site next to Heather Park Elementary school and ...

Oct 10, 2020

Low risk COVID-19 exposure at PGSS

PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health has reported a possible COVID-19 exposure at Prince George Secondary Secondary School. The health authority says the potential exposure occurred on Oct.2. Parents were ...

Oct 09, 2020