Category Archives: Prince George

Environment Canada issues soggy long weekend forecast
PRINCE GEORGE - It's looking like this Canada Day long weekend will be a wet one for the Prince George area.Environment Canada Meteorologist Bobby Sekhon says it will start with showers and thundersto...
Jun 28, 2019

Canfor Pulp announces temporary curtailments
PRINCE GEORGE - Canfor Pulp Products has announced it will be implementing phased summer curtailments in July and August at its Intercontinental and Northwood NBSK pulp mills in Prince George.The comp...
Jun 28, 2019 ID 6378237 © Moreno Soppelsa | Dreamstime.com

Could DST become a thing of the past?
PRINCE GEORGE - Springing forward and falling back may soon be a thing of the past in BC. The provincial government launched a public input survey this week about Daylight Saving Time and already has ...
Jun 27, 2019

Local artist still feeling inspired after recent vandalism
PRINCE GEORGE- Elmer Gunderson's wooden carvings in Cottonwood Island Park stand out to everyone who passes through. He has made 23 carvings of animals and mythical creatures in park trees.Vandalized ...
Jun 27, 2019

Families sad to see 'Strengthening Families Program' go
PRINCE GEORGE-The Strengthening Families Program in Prince George that aimed at building stronger bonds inside and between families has come to an end after a five-year run.Rose-Haugrud and her nine-y...
Jun 27, 2019

UHNBC tests a first in Canada
PRINCE GEORGE - In a darkened room at University Hospital of Northern BC, Canadian history has been made. It was the first time diagnostic testing could be done on a cochlear implant via satellite. Li...
Jun 27, 2019 Telehealth

Banners beautify the city
PRINCE GEORGE - Pictures taken by two local photographers will start going up on banners around the city for the next two weeks. The pictures were chosen in partnership between the City and the Prince...
Jun 27, 2019

CleanBC Government Buildings announced in PG
PRINCE GEORGE - Using the District Energy System as the backdrop, the Minister of Citizens' Services Jinny Sims announced the new CleanBC Government Buildings program.That will see the dedication of $...
Jun 27, 2019 Jinny Sims

Police seeking man's identity after a suspicious incident in Heritage area
PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George RCMP were made aware of an incident involving a suspicious stranger allegedly chasing after a woman.On Saturday, June 22 at around 9:30 a.m. a woman was out for a run i...
Jun 27, 2019

Duchess Park scores #59 in BC school report card
PRINCE GEORGE-The Fraser Institute released its Report Card on British Columbia's Secondary Schools and Duchess Park was ranked #59 on that list.The report ranks 251 public and independent secondary s...
Jun 27, 2019