Category Archives: Prince George

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

Three new culinary classes approved in SD57
PRINCE GEORGE - There is plenty of excitement cooking up in School District 57, as three revamped culinary classes were approved by the Board of Education unanimously on Tuesday evening.The three clas...
Apr 28, 2021

Family and friends gather to mourn lives lost and those injured in workplace-related incidents
PRINCE GEORGE-Today marks the National Day of Mourning in Canada where people pay respects to those who lost their lives and were injured in the workplace.Following health orders, less than six people...
Apr 28, 2021

Over 3 thousand people participated in the annual Citywide spring clean-up
.PRINCE GEORGE - This past weekend spring fever clean-up struck thousands of people as they took part in the annual Citywide spring clean-up event. For over one hundred years, residents have participa...
Apr 28, 2021

UPDATE: Homicide on PG Pulpmill Road
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George RCMP's Serious Crime Unit is confirming that they have arrested a suspect in relation to the homicide investigation on PG Pulpmill Road. Police made the arrest of 25-...
Apr 28, 2021

Grant supports a culture of accommodation in the workplace
PRINCE GEORGE - Individuals who are dealing with a mental or physical health impairment will be better supported to safely return to work, thanks to new funding for the National Institute of Disabilit...
Apr 28, 2021

UNBC's $250,000 supercomputer helps international research study glacial loss
PRINCE GEORGE--A quarter of a million dollars supercomputer at the University of Northern British Columbia helped an international team of researchers to figure out the rate of which the mass of the E...
Apr 28, 2021