Category Archives: Prince George

Encore for Foodie Fridays
PRINCE GEORGE - Plans were in the works to wrap up the eighth week of Foodie Fridays today.However, with its popularity growing the event will be extended for another two weeks. For the last 8 weeks, ...
Sep 6, 2019
PG unemployment rate climbs
PRINCE GEORGE-Stats Canada says that even with a reported job surge last month , the national unemployment rate stayed at 5.7 per cent near a four-decade low as more people looked for work. Elsewhere,...
Sep 6, 2019

West Coast Olefins meets opposition
PRINCE GEORGE - West Coast Olefins proponents have just returned to the city after meeting with political leaders and BC Environmental Assessment to push for their petrochemical plant at the south end...
Sep 5, 2019

Too many close calls for bus drivers
PRINCE GEORGE - Too many close calls has prompted Diversified Transportation to put out a call to remind drivers to heed the rules of the road around school buses. It is simple: When the red lights ar...
Sep 5, 2019

Ride to Conquer Cancer Team receives 4K donation
PRINCE GEORGE - Cariboo Rocks the North, Waste Management, and PG Recycling & Return-It Centre have teamed up to make a $4,000 donation to the Wheelin' Warriors of the North- Ride to Conquer Cance...
Sep 5, 2019 Photo courtesy PWB

Parkour gym opening soon
PRINCE GEORGE- You may remember the name, Riley Banzer, a young entrepreneur wanting to open his own parkour gym.Well the time has finally come, after we last spoke to him a year ago, he's come a long...
Sep 5, 2019

Red Dress flag flies high 4th year in a row
PRINCE GEORGE-The flag remembering missing and murdered Indigenous women across the Highway of Tears was raised this morning (Sept.5.)This is the fourth year in a row that the flag has flown high at M...
Sep 5, 2019

Black bear chases man into a local lake
PRINCE GEORGE - To avoid further attacks from a black bear, a man swam close to 400 metres of Ferguson Lake to safety. According to the Conservation Officer Service at around 6 p.m. Wednesday, a black...
Sep 5, 2019

Krause to receive Sovereign's Medal
PRINCE GEORGE-Councillor Murry Krause will be receiving a Sovereign's Medal in Victoria today.The medal is awarded to those Canadians that show exceptional volunteer achievements in a wide range of fi...
Sep 5, 2019

Local girl and family join Tour de North
PRINCE GEORGE-A 14-year-old girl and her family are taking on a 850km bike ride , in the annual Cops for Cancer Tour de North after her personal battle against cancer."Nine years ago, Hannah was diagn...
Sep 5, 2019 Courtesy of the Canadian Cancer Society