quesnel
'We can no longer work with this Mayor': Emotions run high at Quesnel council meeting
QUESNEL - Emotions were running high during Tuesday night's council meeting in Quesnel as Mayor Ron Paull resisted calls to step down as Mayor after revelations came to light that his wife was distributing a controversial book. More information was also brought forward on Tuesday, which further puts a strain on the rel...
Apr 03, 2024
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Mayor Ron Paull will not step down after heated council meeting in Quesnel
QUESNEL - It was a heated council meeting on Tuesday night in Quesnel as Mayor Ron Paull resisted calls to step down as Mayor.A march to support Truth and Reconciliation took place before the council meeting and concluded at Quesnel City Hall. An estimated 350-400 people were in attendance. The march was in response to...
Apr 03, 2024
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Dale Culver
Dale Culver's family still waiting for justice
PRINCE GEORGE - Seven years later and Dale Culver's family says they're still waiting for justice. On July 18, 2017, 35-year-old Dale Culver, a Wet'suwet'en and Gitxsan man, was riding his bike through the streets of Prince George. Local RCMP Officers responding to a complaint of a man in the area casing vehicles, quic...
Apr 02, 2024
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Community members demand answers from RCMP regarding Brittany Jean Schram's case
PRINCE GEORGE - A large demonstration outside of the Prince George RCMP detachment took place on Friday afternoon, as many community members demanded answers regarding the case of Brittany Jean Schram. Schram was announced deceased by the RCMP earlier this week, and RCMP say no criminality was involved. However, the co...
Mar 16, 2024
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Residential School Survivor
Residential school survivor shares her story through documentary showing at UNBC
PRINCE GEORGE - Sonya Rock of the Gitxsan Nation, Frog Clan, is one of thousands of Indigenous people who suffered at the hands of residential schools. Friday, she shared her story at UNBC through a documentary featuring her, "Can they hear us now?""We were made to feel that we're a burden, that we did n...
Mar 08, 2024
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indigenous heritage project
Indigenous Heritage Project launches at YXS
PRINCE GEORGE - It has been one year since the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation and the Prince George Airport Authority signed their collaboration agreement, and on Wednesday another step was taken to solidify that partnership. The first phase of a new Indigenous Heritage Project was launched, looking towards historical ac...
Feb 21, 2024
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MMIW
Hundreds march in solidarity for MMIW
PRINCE GEORGE - Hundreds of community members gathered for a march to remember and raise awareness about the continuing issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). Marching from the Prince George Native Friendship Centre to the courthouse, the march brought the community closer together, but also revealed th...
Feb 15, 2024
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Mental Health Supports
Native Friendship Centre to lead Prince George mental health crisis response team
PRINCE GEORGE - The Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. (CMHA BC) says the organizations that will lead mental health crisis response teams in three B.C. communities - including Prince George - have been chosen.The Peer Assisted Care Teams (PACT), funded by the province, were announced in July.The Prince George Nat...
Feb 11, 2024
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PGSO Indigenous
PGSO gives Respectful Acknowledgement pledge to Lheidli T'enneh First Nation
PRINCE GEORGE - During the intermission of its Discovery Concert featuring Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony, the Prince George Symphony Orchestra (PGSO) gave a Respectful Acknowledgement pledge to the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation, which acknowledges the traditional and unceded ancestral lands of the First Nation."So ...
Feb 11, 2024
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MMIP
"A great first step:" locals react to new cell towers on Highway of Tears
PRINCE GEORGE - Rogers recently turned on three new cellular towers along Highway 16, also known as the Highway of Tears, providing cell service for Rogers customers and 9-1-1 access for everyone. Covering a combined 50 kilometres of previous dead space, one tower at Seeley Lake Park is providing 13 kilometres of cover...
Dec 20, 2023
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Indigenous Christmas
Prince George isn't the only community with an Indigenous Christmas Tree
VANDERHOOF - Last week the Prince George Native Friendship Centre unveiled its first ever Indigenous themed Christmas Tree, but it's not the only community in Northern B.C sporting an Indigenous tree.WL McLeod Elementary School in Vanderhoof is celebrating its second year with an Indigenous Christmas Tree, which they d...
Dec 13, 2023
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Food Drive
Prince George Native Friendship Centre brings back food hamper campaign amidst cost-of-living crisis
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Native Friendship Centre brought back its annual food hamper campaign. Running for more than 25 years, this campaign has the centre buy groceries to provide 150-200 food hampers for anyone who signs up.The Centre's Director of Health Brandi Mcaulay explained this year has seen even mor...
Dec 12, 2023
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