Category Archives: Prince George
36-year-old man facing charges after setting downtown dumpster on fire
PRINCE GEORGE - A local man has been charged with arson after setting a dumpster on fire. RCMP say just before midnight on Monday, they received a report of a male suspect igniting a recycling bin nex...
Mar 16, 2022
RCMP investigate suspicious death on Irwin Street
PRINCE GEORGE - Local Mounties are investigating what they're calling "a suspicious death" at a home on the 600 block of Irwin Street.They say they caught wind of it shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday nigh...
Mar 15, 2022
MP Doherty chosen as co-chair for Pierre Poilievre Conservative campaign
PRINCE GEORGE - Local Member of Parliament Todd Doherty has been named one of three co-chairs in BC for Conservative leader hopeful Pierre Poillievre.Doherty said he looked up to Poilievre in his earl...
Mar 15, 2022
Mobile slaughter trucks recommended for B.C. meat producers
PRINCE GEORGE-Although a lot of animals live and grow here in B.C., in the stores, you more than likely going to find labels with Alberta or Ontario on it. That's because most of the animals are proce...
Mar 15, 2022
March is Fraud Prevention Month
PRINCE GEORGE - March is Fraud Prevention Month and a good reminder to keep yourself and your family protected from crafty scammers.According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, fraudsters continue to ...
Mar 15, 2022
BC Government expanding supports for youth transitioning out of government care
VICTORIA - Mitzi Dean, Minister of Children and Family Development, announced changes today to the support that children in government child care will receive after they turn 19. "Young people transit...
Mar 15, 2022
COVID numbers continue to decline province wide
VICTORIA - No new COVID deaths have been reported by the Ministry of Health in Tuesday's covid update.Two-hundred and thirty-seven new COVID cases reported in British Columbia in the past 24 hours. Th...
Mar 15, 2022
March 13-19 named BC social work week
PRINCE GEORGE - BC's Children and Family Development Minister Mitzi Dean has named March 13-19 Social Work Week in the province. Social workers, like many other professions, faced a lot of extra chall...
Mar 15, 2022
Recent regulations battle the increasing thefts of catalytic converters
PRINCE GEORGE - The Province made regulatory changes to strengthen measures that discourage catalytic converter thefts. An amendment made to the Metal Dealers and Recyclers Regulation regulates cataly...
Mar 15, 2022
Dr. Geoffrey Payne confirmed as UNBC's sixth president
PRINCE GEORGE - After a long two years as interim President, leading the school through the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Geoffrey Payne has been confirmed as UNBC's new president. The Board of Governors con...
Mar 15, 2022