Category Archives: Prince George

FrancoFun Winter Festival kicks off for a week full of activity
PRINCE GEORGE - The FrancoFun winter festival kicked off this past weekend, with a host of activities being held to explore the French culture.The 38th annual FrancoFun winter festival started on the ...
Feb 04, 2023

Suspicious death being investigated by RCMP
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP are investigating a suspicious death of a woman that occurred at a residence on the 500 block of 17 Avenue.Police responded to a report of a death of a woman shortly...
Feb 04, 2023

Prince George council to consider support for veterinary school at UNBC
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George council is getting set to weigh in on the lack of veterinarians in the region.In a report coming to council at Monday's (Feb. 6) meeting, the Standing Committee on Interg...
Feb 04, 2023

PACT team part of ideas offered by Public Safety Minister in Prince George visit
PRINCE GEORGE - BC's Minister of Public Safety visited BC's Northern Capital this week as part of his first series of Community Safety Roundtables."it's an issue in many parts of the province, just as...
Feb 03, 2023

Capital Budget approved
PRINCE GEORGE - The capital budget covers all the physical infrastructure the City owns, from the swimming pools to ice hockey arenas to the Civic Centre. "While we have we, of course, on a lot of ass...
Feb 03, 2023

Black History Month celebrated with a special beer
PRINCE GEORGE - Though many have Valentine's Day circled on their calendars this month, February is important for another reason. It's Black History Month, which offers a chance to honour the legacy o...
Feb 03, 2023

City crews still in the process of cleaning up after snowstorm
PRINCE GEORGE - In the aftermath of this week's snowfall, city crews are still hard at work cleaning up the mess.In the span of three days, well over 30 centimeters of snow fell in Prince George, mean...
Feb 03, 2023

Northern Health CEO Cathy Ulrich to retire
PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health President and CEO Cathy Ulrich has announced that she will be retiring this year. Ulrich says that she has committed to the Northern Health Board of Directors that she ...
Feb 03, 2023

New collective agreement at UNBC covers graduate teaching assistants
PRINCE GEORGE - A three-year collective agreement has been ratified between UNBC and CUPE 2278. The union represents approximately 100 graduate teaching assistants. The agreement includes:A three-year...
Feb 03, 2023

‘I remember his smile’: Indigenous man’s daughter speaks after 5 RCMP officers charged in his death
VANCOUVER - Lily-Speed Namox feels immense sadness when she thinks about the fact that her two younger siblings will never know their dad."The way I kind of look at it oftentimes and put it into persp...
Feb 02, 2023