Prince George

How realistic is it for businesses to continue working from home?

PRINCE GEORGE - Businesses have started doing the bulk of their work from home in the last couple of weeks. With no answer to how much longer it will last, it begs the question: will this be the new n...

Apr 07, 2020

Save-on-Foods pledges to match $500k to keep vulnerable kids fed amidst pandemic

LANGLEY-Save-on-Foods has committed $500,000 towards their $1 million fundraising goal aimed at giving kids easier access to school meal-supports in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.According to a r...

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Spirit of the North Donors fund innovations in Healthcare

PRINCE GEORGE- A team of physicians at UHNBC have used research to create a viable way to combat COVID-19.The team made up of Dr. Jamil Akhtar, an Anesthesiologist, Dr. M.J Slabbert, and Intensivist, ...

Apr 07, 2020 Courtesy of the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation.

TYH: Staying healthy as we adjust to the reality of COVID-19

This is my fourth week working from home and I am not going to lie, getting into a new routine is hard.One of the things I've found myself wondering during this time is how I should grocery shop if I ...

Apr 07, 2020

New Council Rules in place

Things are changing for City Council.From this day forward, while a provincial state of emergency continues, Council will be conducted with four members of Council being allowed to do so electronicall...

Apr 06, 2020

A Prince George doctor pleads with residents to continue to follow COVID-19 measures

PRINCE GEORGE - Dr. Jessica Zimbler of Prince George is pleading with residents to continue to follow COVID-19 safety measures. In a letter to the entire community, the doctor states we have a chance ...

Apr 06, 2020

Edgewood School Staff Parade

PRINCE GEORGE - The staff members at Edgewood Elementary are missing their school community during this time of the pandemic. So instead of having the students come to them the staff hopped in their c...

Apr 06, 2020

'Broncos Strong' Prince George family commemorates Humboldt Broncos two years after crash

PRINCE GEORGE- April 6. It marks two year's since a charter bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team crashed in Saskatchewan taking the lives of 16 people and injuring others.On the two year anni...

Apr 06, 2020 Photo Courtesy of Raj Sharma

Coastal GasLink to donate $100,000 to United Way of NBC

PRINCE GEORGE-Coastal Gaslink will be making a $100,000 donation to the United Way of Northern BC's (UWNBC) COVID-19 Relief Fund."We are so grateful to receive this support from TC Energy & Coasta...

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Prince George woman celebrates 101st birthday like never before

PRINCE GEORGE - A local family wasn't going to let the COVID-19 pandemic get in the way of celebrating a very special lady's birthday over the weekend.Mary Westlake turned 101 on Saturday and to mark ...

Apr 06, 2020 Mary Westlake celebrated her 101st birthday on Saturday