'We failed her': CEO apologizes as B.C. starvation inquest seeks pay boost for carers
The head of a Crown corporation that funded the care of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome who died of starvation said the organization "failed her," after an inquest jury ruled the death a homicide and called for better pay for home carers of adults with developmental disabilities.It was among 13 recommendation...
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UNBC Basketball
TWolves fall to WolfPack in Canada West basketball action
KAMLOOPS - Josh Gillespie led the way with a double-double but the UNBC Timberwolves were beaten 79-65 by the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack in Kamloops Friday (Jan. 24).Gillespie finished with 15 points and a game-leading 11 rebounds, while Evgeny Baukin had a team-high 21 points for UNBC, which dropped to 1-12 o...
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Learn about Prince George icon Wally West and how his legacy lives on today
Prince George is the home of many great stories over its history including the story of esteemed photographer Wally West. We share more about the man behind the lens of some iconic moments and how his legacy lives on through W.D. West today by one of the men he hired!
Jan 25, 2025
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CKPG Today Art
Behind the design: Hear from artist Kobe Antoine about his Indigenous Cougars logo
Dakelh artist Kobe Antoine had his design chosen for this years special edition Prince George Cougars Indigenous jerseys set to be worn on the ice January 24 and 25 by the club. We caught up with Kobe to talk about his design process, his longtime roots here in Northern BC and more! Limited tickets are available at Tic...
Jan 24, 2025
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UNBC Basketball
TWolves fall to WolfPack in Canada West basketball action
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Cougars 3 Wheat Kings 2
Three-goal third period helps Cougars snap four-game losing streak
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Charge dropped against Prince George volleyball official
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PG Library
PG Library welcomes first Lheidli T'enneh board member
Jan 24, 2025
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UNBC Basketball
TWolves fall to WolfPack in Canada West basketball action
KAMLOOPS - Josh Gillespie led the way with a double-double but the UNBC Timberwolves were beaten 79-65 by the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack in Kamloops Friday (Jan. 24).Gillespie finished with 15 points and a game-leading 11 rebounds, while Evgeny Baukin had a team-high 21 points for UNBC, which dropped to 1-12 o...
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Cougars 3 Wheat Kings 2
Three-goal third period helps Cougars snap four-game losing streak
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars rode a three goal third period en route to a 3-2 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings Friday (Jan. 24) night at the CN Centre.The Cats got back into the win column after a four consecutive losses on the road that saw them fall out of top spot in the B.C. Division.Trialing 1-0 after...
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Charge dropped against Prince George volleyball official
PRINCE GEORGE - An assault charge against the president of the Prince George Youth Volleyball Club was dropped after he "successfully completed an alternative measures program," said a spokesperson for the B.C. Prosecution Service (BCPS).A court document alleged there were reasonable and probable grounds to b...
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PG Library
PG Library welcomes first Lheidli T'enneh board member
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Public Library Board announced that Wendy Jael, a Lheidli T'enneh Councillor, will be joining the Library's board as its first Indigenous board member. This move has been in the works for years, and both Jael and the Library are excited to finally have her on board."There is more ...
Jan 24, 2025
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Northern BC
Crime
One dead, another injured in Dawson Creek shooting
DAWSON CREEK-On Sunday, January 19, shortly after 11:00 p.m., Dawson Creek RCMP received reports of gunfire on 102nd Avenue.Upon arrival, police located an adult male who was deceased. While investigating the scene they received a second report of shots fired at a nearby hotel. When the RCMP arrived at the hotel, they ...
Jan 23, 2025
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Trump reactions
Northern B.C. politicians react to Trump's inauguration
PRINCE GEORGE - President Donald Trump was sworn in as the USA's 47th president during Monday's inauguration, prompting a wide variety of responses from politicians all across Canada. Here in Northern B.C., Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Taylor Bachrach is concerned about the impacts Trump could have on our country."...
Jan 22, 2025
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More Nechako Watershed research coming
PRINCE GEORGE - The Nechako Watershed is an important piece of the Northern BC landscape. And it's a big one. More than 47,000 kilometres in size. Larger than the size of Belgium. And that's why, in 2019, Rio Tinto joined forces with the University of Northern BC to study that watershed at length. And, during the Natur...
Jan 17, 2025
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Impaired stats
BC Highway Patrol takes 267 impaired drivers off the road in December
PRINCE GEORGE - Impaired drivers kept BC Highway Patrol busy over the holiday season.So busy that they took an average of 8.61 impaired drivers off the road every day in December. That's an impaired driver caught every three hours for 31 days."The Winter Impaired Driving Campaign clearly shows that education is no...
Jan 16, 2025
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Cariboo Region
Policing
Quesnel RCMP take 54 impaired drivers off the road over 9 months following creation of new traffic unit
QUESNEL - The creation of a new municipal traffic unit in April 2024 in Quesnel helped take 54 impaired drivers off the road in 2024.That's one of the highlights of 2024 according to the Quesnel RCMP who note that calls for service were also up last year.Sgt. Clay Kronebusch says Quesnel RCMP responded to over 11,000 c...
Jan 20, 2025
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Workplace incident in Quesnel claims life of 24-year-old man
QUESNEL - A workplace incident claimed the life of a 24-year-old male worker in Quesnel Friday morning (Jan.17).Quesnel RCMP, Emergency Health Services and the Quesnel Fire Department responded to the incident at approximately 10:18 a.m. at the WestPine MDF Plant on Carradice Road. Few details have been released but po...
Jan 17, 2025
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Politics
Sheldon Clare to host transportation town hall in Quesnel
QUESNEL - Prince George-North Cariboo Conservative MLA and Deputy Whip Sheldon Clare will host a transportation town hall at the Quesnel Senior's Centre (461 Carson Ave) Friday night (Jan.17) from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.He will be joined by Harman Bhangu, the Conservative MLA for Langley-Abbotsford and also the party's Transp...
Jan 17, 2025
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Crime
Quesnel RCMP investigate weekend home invasion
QUESNEL - Quesnel RCMP are investigating a home invasion that occurred early Sunday morning (Jan.12).Police say it occurred just after 2 .a.m on the 300-block of Hoy Street. Two suspects broke into a home, sprayed the victim with bear spray and damaged several items. RCMP say the suspects were identified as an armed 26...
Jan 13, 2025
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Sports
UNBC Basketball
TWolves fall to WolfPack in Canada West basketball action
KAMLOOPS - Josh Gillespie led the way with a double-double but the UNBC Timberwolves were beaten 79-65 by the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack in Kamloops Friday (Jan. 24).Gillespie finished with 15 points and a game-leading 11 rebounds, while Evgeny Baukin had a team-high 21 points for UNBC, which dropped to 1-12 o...
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Cougars 3 Wheat Kings 2
Three-goal third period helps Cougars snap four-game losing streak
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars rode a three goal third period en route to a 3-2 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings Friday (Jan. 24) night at the CN Centre.The Cats got back into the win column after a four consecutive losses on the road that saw them fall out of top spot in the B.C. Division.Trialing 1-0 after...
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Basketball
Lady Twolves beat TRU 76-60
KAMLOOPS - The UNBC women's basketball team kicked off the weekend in fine fashion with a 76-60 win over the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack in Kamloops Friday (Jan.24).The win improves UNBC's record to 4-9 while the Wolfpack dropped to 0-15.Amrit Manak led all UNBC scorers with a career-high 20 while Sveta Boykova...
Jan 24, 2025
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Canada
Sailor dead after a boat capsized in Bedford Basin: Royal Canadian Navy
HALIFAX - The Royal Canadian Navy says a sailor has died in the Bedford Basin after a boat capsized. The Navy says two sailors were operating a rigid-hull inflatable boat in the Halifax-area bay when it overturned and capsized around 10 p.m. on Friday. It says a rescue effort by the Joint Rescue and Coordination Centre...
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Trudeau meets with families of victims of deadly 2017 Quebec mosque attack
QUÉBEC - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met with the families of six men who were killed at a Quebec City mosque, days before the anniversary of the 2017 attack. Eight years ago, on Jan. 29, 2017, Alexandre Bissonnette killed six men at the Centre culturel islamique du Québec and this year the centre h...
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Carney secures two more ministerial endorsements
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney secured two more endorsements from cabinet on Saturday. Defence Minister Bill Blair backed Carney in a statement on X, while Nate Erskine-Smith hosted an event for the former Bank of Canada governor in his Toronto riding. MP Adam van Koeverden also endorsed Carney on Satu...
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Quebec provincial police make arrest in Montérégie homicide investigation
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police have opened a homicide investigation after a death in the Montérégie region of the province on Saturday. Police say they were called to a home in Saint-Anicet, Que., around 45 kilometres southwest of Montreal, at about 9 a.m. Police spokesperson Camille Savoie says the ...
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B.C. climate activist facing imminent deportation without reprieve from minister
VANCOUVER - A climate activist in British Columbia says he's packing his bags and plans to report to the Vancouver airport later Saturday to face deportation back to Pakistan, believing his removal from Canada is "certain" without ministerial intervention. Zain Haq, who first came to Canada on a student visa,...
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CN Rail signal union issues 72-hour strike notice
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says it has given Canadian National Railway a 72-hour strike notice.The union represents about 750 employees at CN who work in signals and communications.It says that barring a negotiated settlement, the union will be on strike as of the start of Tuesday, Jan. 28. A s...
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World
Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of his three decades in power. "Needed!" the posters proclaim beneath a photo o...
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Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization said Sunday, part of a series of attacks coming as the African nation's civil war escalated in recent days. The attack on the ...
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Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of his three decades in power. "Needed!" the posters proclaim beneath a photo o...
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