Category Archives: Prince George
Alcohol sales continue to drop as younger generation stays away
PRINCE GEORGE - A Statistics Canada report says alcohol sales in the 2024-25 fiscal year saw the biggest decline in sales since it began tracking this stats 20 years ago. "Overall, liquor authorities ...
Mar 19, 2026
Security camera pilot project sees success in early months
PRINCE GEORGE - At the City of Prince George's final Committee of Public Safety meeting earlier this week, the Prince George Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Prince George presented the data on its se...
Mar 19, 2026 Downtown Prince George says in two months
'I'm not giving up': Sexual abuse cases has many twists and turns
PRINCE GEORGE - On March 18, CKPG News told the story of Nicholas Harrison, who says he was sexually abused for years as a child, at Sacred Heart School in Prince George. Years later, Harrison began r...
Mar 19, 2026 The cover of Nicholas Harrison's book, ”Safe Space: A True Story of Faith, Betrayal, and the Power of the Force”
Bear prep already underway
PRINCE GEORGE - With the snow gone and the temperatures starting to rise, folks with City Bylaw Services and the BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) are gearing up for bear season already. The fac...
Mar 19, 2026 Bear Season
Avalanche warning issued for Central Rockies - Two dead in recent weeks
PRINCE GEORGE - A Special Public Avalanche Warning is in effect across the central Rockies, following two fatal avalanche incidents in the past two weeks.Avalanche Canada, along with Parks Canada, Alb...
Mar 19, 2026
New Wendy's location in the Hart opens, creating 49 new jobs
PRINCE GEORGE - A new Wendy's restaurant has opened in Prince George, the first one to open in the city, since 1989.The new location is at the intersection of Highway 97 and Austin Road beside the Har...
Mar 19, 2026 Prince George Mayor Simon Yu, MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie Kiel Giddens, and Todd Lewis of Family Fast Foods Ltd., cut the ribbon for the grand opening of a new Wendy's restaurant in the Hart on March 19, 2026.
Prince George bowlers win provincial gold, head to National Championships in Winnipeg
PRINCE GEORGE - Kyra Thurston and Jacinda Trenholm, two bowlers from Prince George, are gaining recognition across the country. They play for the Nechako Bowling senior girls' doubles team and recentl...
Mar 19, 2026
Prince George Brain Injured Group employment "lifechanging" for cleaners
PRINCE GEORGE - You've likely seen the downtown or Gateway street cleaning teams out and about, keeping our streets clean rain or shine. But have you ever thought about who employs them, or the story ...
Mar 18, 2026 Darryl Kiseyinewakup is one of 11 street cleaners hired by the Prince George Brain Injured Group
Mayor's Standing Committee on Public Safety dissolved
PRINCE GEORGE - It was a committee made up of the Mayor, City Councillors and community organizations like the Downtown Business Owners Advocacy Group. It was pulled together at the beginning of this ...
Mar 18, 2026 Standing Committee on Public Safety
'I had to be silent': Former student of Sacred Heart School relives schooling and alleged sexual abuse
PRINCE GEORGE - Nicholas Harrison says he endured years of abuse while attending Sacred Heart School in Prince George during the 1970s. Now an actor, writer, and university instructor, Harrison is sha...
Mar 18, 2026 Images of a young Nicholas Harrison. (Image Credit: Nicholas Harrison)