Category Archives: Prince George

CNC Board approves a deficit budget for the first time
PRINCE GEORGE - The Board for the College of New Caledonia has approved a deficit budget of $3,569,000 with no discussion. The Board passed the budget of $77,219,135 in revenues and $80,785,135 in exp...
Apr 30, 2021

Spruce Kings Show Home winner announced
.PRINCE GEORGE - Pam Berger is the winner of this year's Spruce Kings Show Home Lottery.The 2600 square foot custom built home is located in Aberdeen Glen Subdivision.This year's lottery sold out. Mar...
Apr 30, 2021

Local reaction to George Street tent city
PRINCE GEORGE - A "Tent City" has popped up on the corner of George Street and 1st street. According to some people online, this has become a nuisance for businesses around the area. Todd Corrigall, C...
Apr 29, 2021

Local student reacts to ongoing COVID-19 devastation in India
PRINCE GEORGE- On Wednesday, over 3,500 people lost their lives in India because of COVID-19, the highest single-day death toll due to the virus in Canada was 222 back in May 2020.A local student and ...
Apr 29, 2021

City is aware of tent city
PRINCE GEORGE - A small tent city pops up periodically at the corner of First Avenue and George Street and it is typically gone within a day, courtesy of the City's Bylaw Services Department, which cl...
Apr 29, 2021

Thousands of businesses across the country join POST Promise
.PRINCE GEORGE - Last summer, a free national program had a plan to bring together all businesses across industries to implement a common approach to help keep Canadians safe during the pandemic. Sinc...
Apr 29, 2021

Climb for Cancer fundraiser postponed to later in 2021 due to COVID-19
PRINCE GEORGE - The 6th annual climb for cancer fundraiser will be going ahead in 2021, but not in April as it usually does due to the pandemic.Organizers say it will happen later this year in a revis...
Apr 29, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak at BC Hydro Site C project
SPRINCE GEORGE--Northern Health Public Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the BC Hydro Site C hydroelectric dam project, located in Northeast B.C. There are 13 active cases, two of the most re...
Apr 29, 2021

Close to 500 British Columbians lost to toxic illicit drugs in the first three months of 2021
PRINCE GEORGE - As the province's public health emergency regarding substance-related harm enters its sixth year, the BC Coroners Service reports that toxic illicit drugs have claimed the lives of 158...
Apr 29, 2021

Bear spray incident in Tim Hortons parking lot
PRINCE GEORGE - A Prince George woman has shared a terrifying story on social media after she experienced a random attack Monday night.Kaitlin Hoogeveen says she and her boyfriend were having a late-n...
Apr 28, 2021