Prince George

IIO investigate after man involved in break and enter earlier this month dies

PRINCE GEORGE-The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of B.C. has confirmed that a male involved in a break and enter of a local sporting goods store earlier this month has died.Prince George RCMP...

Apr 22, 2020 CKPG News File Image.

SD57 Board to receive KRSS summary report on public engagement

PRINCE GEORGE-School District 57's (SD57) Board of Education will receive a summary report of the KRSS Engagement Questionnaire at an online forum tonight (Apr.22).An executive summary from the KRSS E...

Apr 22, 2020 CKPG News File Image

Ride Don't Hide cancelled due to COVID-19

PRINCE GEORGE-The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) has announced the cancellation of their annual Ride Don't Hide Event.This would have been the 8th year the CMHA would have hosted the event....

Apr 22, 2020 CKPG News File Image

Tar embedded with broken glass near and on Domano FSR gate

PRINCE GEORGE - The Domano Forest Service Road gate and barriers are once again getting the attention of city officials and people who use the area to recreate. The locked gate leads to the unpaved se...

Apr 22, 2020

Spirits high at local long-term care centres despite greater risk to COVID-19

PRINCE GEORGE - Long-term care facilities are potentially being hit the hardest by the coronavirus. A couple of those outbreaks in B.C. alone, resulting in a substantial amount of the confirmed cases ...

Apr 21, 2020

RDFFG reminding public to prepare for high water and flooding

PRINCE GEORGE- The Regional District of Fraser Fort-George is reminding residents to be prepared for an increased risk of flooding and high water related to the spring melt."Temperatures are on the ri...

Apr 21, 2020 CKPG News File Image

New Partnership provides medical equipment

PRINCE GEORGE- They say necessity is the mother of invention, and a new partnership has identified a huge need globally. "So the STL file is basically information that goes to a slicing software and s...

Apr 21, 2020

YXS continues to operate for essential travel only, passenger numbers down compared to last year

PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Airport remains open despite the drop in flights due to the COVID-19 situation.Both Air Canada and WestJet continue to operate flights to Vancouver for essential travel...

Apr 21, 2020 CKPG News File Image.

SD57 reminding public to social distance on district property

PRINCE GEORGE- School District 57 (SD57) is reminding the public that social distancing measures should be in practice regardless of where you are, and that includes fields and courts.In a release by ...

Apr 21, 2020 CKPG News File Image

'Because it's cold': What stops you from picking up your pup's poop during the winter?

PRINCE GEORGE-Many of us may be eager to welcome spring, however, that can quickly change once the snow melts to reveal what pet owners have left behind-poop.So why don't people clean up after their p...

Apr 21, 2020 Terry McClymont, Executive Director of REAPS says that some pet owners may not clean up after their pets during the winter months because it's cold outside and they want to head indoors. (Photo Courtesy, Veronica Beltran, CKPG News)