Community

Enhancements up and running downtown

PRINCE GEORGE - With some of the lifted restrictions on retail shops and restaurants, the work that began to resolve some of the issues downtown will begin again.Many of the enhancements approved by C...

Jun 10, 2020

Seniors Resource Centre Re-opens

PRINCE GEORGE - The Council of Seniors Resource Centre on Victoria Street has re-opened, from 10 to 2 daily, Monday to Wednesday, ready to pick up where it left off prior to COVID-19. But it will be s...

Jun 08, 2020

SPCA sees adoption rush

PRINCE GEORGE - The North Cariboo SPCA is in a very unique position these days. There are only three animals in the shelter. One rabbit and two cats. "We did notice that people are really looking to h...

Jun 04, 2020

Water levels are rising

PRINCE GEORGE - Warmer conditions on the weekend and rain yesterday means water levels on the Nechako and Fraser Rivers have jumped a metre. As such, crews at the Lheidli T'enneh townsite on the North...

Jun 03, 2020

'Stay off our lands:' RCMP attendance at Indigenous ceremony raises ire of chief

SASKATOON - An Indigenous leader is telling the RCMP to stay off reserve land after armed officers were dispatched to break up a sacred ceremony. "These are First Nations lands. This is Indian land. S...

May 13, 2020

Little Free Library gone

PRINCE GEORGE - Rainbow Park has played home to a Little Free Library for a lot of years."It's been going on since about 2016 and I've been the caretaker. I live down the street," explains Tina Cousin...

May 12, 2020

Ceremony to be held today for service members who died in helicopter crash

CFB TRENTON, Ont. - The Canadian military is to hold a special ramp ceremony today at Canadian Forces Base Trenton to repatriate remains of a service member and honour all six who died in a ...

May 06, 2020

Emergency Preparedness Week

PRINCE GEORGE -This is Emergency Preparedness Week across Canada and the two local governments are no stranger to calamity.The Regional District of Fraser Fort George has already issued evacuation ord...

May 05, 2020

National chief calls COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan alarming

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says an outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's far north is alarming.Perry Bellegarde notes there's been a steady rise in cases mainly from in and a...

May 05, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

London Drugs making room for small businesses

PRINCE GEORGE - The ongoing pandemic has impacted many small businesses financially so enter London Drugs.London Drugs stores across western Canada have a plan in place to give some small businesses a...

May 01, 2020