PRINCE GEORGE-Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps with your bodies healing process, absorbing and storing iron, and is needed to form blood vessels cartilage, muscle and collagen. But, will it help you cure your cold? A local pharmacist says that if you're not suffering from scurvy the effects are minimal.Brett Chai...

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."...

PRINCE GEORGE - Fabricland says that their employees were briefly trapped inside after a semi-truck collided with their building around 11 a.m. Tuesday morning (Jan.21).Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement say an accident on Highway 97 created a detour onto Austin Road. However according to Fabricland employees so...

PRINCE GEORGE - It was the moment a lot of Canadians were waiting for. The inauguration of President Donald Trump, amid threats of 25 per cent tariffs on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico. It didn't happen when Trump pushed his deadline to impose tariffs to February 1. "It is a significant threat," says...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Prince George Spruce Kings will have a new player next season as River Arnason joins the frontline. Bron in 2008, Arnason is 5'9" and 152-pounds. He spent his last three seasons playing for Rink Hockey Academy Winnipeg of the Canadian Sport School Hockey League.With the U18 Prep team, the Winnip...

PRINCE GEORGE- Despite hours of discussion, no final numbers on what tax hike Prince George homeowners will be looking at this year.During a recent Finance and Audit meeting, Administration learned that a hike of 5.83 per cent is in the offing, with plenty of attention put into protective services, which includes polic...

PRINCE GEORGE - Two men were arrested following the theft of vehicles from the BCR site over the weekend.Just after 6 a.m. on Saturday (Jan.18), RCMP learned that three vehicles and a trailer were stolen from a compound on the 8900-block of Milwaukee Way. The stolen vehicles included a Ford F350, a Toyota Tercel, a For...

PRINCE GEORGE- A week ago, the Spruce Kings added goaltender Ben Polhill from the Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League."The welcome's been good. The guys have been great, team's been great, coaches are good and I'm settling into the billets. It's been really good," said Polhill on his first...

.PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Mounties are investigating a drive-by shooting. The shooting occurred overnight between last Thursday and Friday morning at the Royal LePage building on the 1600 block of Fourth Avenue. Investigators were informed of the shooting by staff at the business Friday morning when employees bega...

PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Fire Rescue responded to a small fire Monday morning (Jan.20) that forced the evacuation of residents at Hammond Tower on Third Avenue.Crews responded to a commercial alarm at around 7:30 a.m. to find that "a small item fire had been extinguished prior to their arrival," says the...

PRINCE GEORGE - The City of Prince George has fired its bylaw services manager, Charlotte Peters.The City confirmed she was fired without cause but aren't releasing any further details. The City says it does not comment on personnel issues. Last year, CKPG News profiled Peters as part of its documentary 'On the Frontli...

PRINCE GEORGE-Arnold, or Arnie for short, is a six-year-old lovebug currently staying at the Prince George Animal Rescue. Nicola Redpath, operator of the rescue, says that Arnie is a great dog who is friendly with people of all ages. She adds that the only hiccup with Arnie is he likes to chase livestock.Despite all of...

CALGARY - A Prince George man is celebrating a $33,615 win at a World Series of Poker (WSOP) seniors event in Calgary. Cal Johnson beat Carlos Alaniz of Vancouver at the WSOP Circuit at the Deerfoot Inn and Casino. Alainz walked away with $22,410 for his efforts. There were 564 total entries at the senior's event in Ca...

PRINCE GEORGE - Viktoriia Filatova and Marcus Wilson recorded career-highs at Brownridge Court as the UNBC Timberwolves dropped a pair of home games against the Trinity Western Spartans Saturday (Jan. 18) night.In women's action, the TWolves dropped to 3-9, after an 88-62 defeat to the 7-5 Spartans. Filatova, a second-...

EVERETT, WASH. - It's going from bad to worse for the Prince George Cougars as they dropped their fourth consecutive road game, a 4-1 defeat to the WHL-leading Everett Silvertips Saturday (Jan. 18) night. Terik Parascak's 20th of the season was the only offense the Cougars could muster at the Angel of the Winds Arena a...

PRINCE GEORGE - A BC Supreme Court judge has ordered defendants in a real estate dispute to attend an examination for discovery in person in Prince George.Dallas Barrie Haugan and Nicole Louise Haugan filed a notice of civil claim in July 2022 in Prince George, accusing the vendors of a Muralt Road property of misrepre...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall due to a possible salmonella contamination of certain brands of eggs in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and other possible provinces and territories. The agency says the recall covers certain brands of Compliments, Foremost, Golden Valley Eggs, IGA, no name an...

RICHMOND B.C. - The union that represents ambulance paramedics across British Columbia says a ban on overtime work will likely mean that a "significant" number of ambulances in the province will be sitting empty this weekend. In a news release Friday (Jan. 17), the Ambulance Paramedics of BC (CUPE 873) says B...

SPOKANE, WASH. - The Prince George Cougars slid into fifth place in the WHL's Western Conference as they dropped their third consecutive game with 5-2 setback against Spokane Chiefs Friday (Jan. 17) night. Will McIssac had the Chiefs on the board inside the opening minute at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, before ...

PRINCE GEORGE - A B.C. Supreme Court judge found a former resident of the Moccasin Flats homeless camp not guilty Friday, Jan. 17 of possessing methamphetamine and cocaine for the purpose of trafficking almost four years ago in Quesnel.Justice Marguerite Church acquitted Chet Lee Bradley, 46, of the charges because she...

PRINCE GEORGE - The mayors of BC's largest municipalities have issued a special letter identifying certain expectations of government, now that Premier David Eby has presented ministerial mandate letters.Mandate letters outline the objectives that each minister will work to accomplish, as well as the pressing challenge...

PRINCE GEORGE - Nothing is left of the old second hand shop on Fourth Avenue and Dominion Street, as the fire yesterday completely destroyed the building. "We sent all four fire halls to this fire, so we had 19 firefighters on scene for most of the afternoon and evening. The fire was inside the building, our crews...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Cougars are in Spokane preparing for a tough back to back against the Chiefs on Friday and then the league leaders, the Everett Silvertips on Saturday.The team will have to put a much better effort forward than they did this past weekend dropping two straight against Kelowna and Kamloops, 6-3 a piece...

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...

PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Fire Rescue is responding to a structure fire that broke out at approximately 1:30 p.m. (Jan.16) in the downtown core.The City says nineteen firefighters from four fire halls are currently on scene at the former City Second Hand Shop at 4th Avenue and Dominion Street.Smoke can be seen bill...

PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George residents are invited to attend next week's budget deliberations in Council Chambers at City Hall. The deliberations will determine the tax rate for 2025.The meetings will take place on Monday and Wednesday starting at 1 p.m. Both meetings will also be livestreamed, and the videos will be ...

PRINCE GEORGE - The City of Prince George's Continuous Improvement program reported more than $1 million in efficiences were implemented in 2024.A screenshot of the City's presentation, detailing some ways it saved moneyAnother screenshot of the same presentationFinding these efficiencies allows the City to provide the...

PRINCE GEORGE - An unfortunate but expected round of layoffs has occurred at the College of New Caledona (CNC). CKPG News learned that at least two people in administrative positions have been laid off.In a statement, the College said: "In response to federal government restrictions involving international student...