Tag Archives: Community

Headpins deliver visit of a lifetime for Jim Good
PRINCE GEORGE - As Cariboo Rocks the North gets underway at the Exhibition Grounds excitement continues to spread throughout the area. The excitement actually travelled all the way out to Jim Goodsir ...
Aug 05, 2022

Local mother speaks out after son falls through cracks of social system
PRINCE GEORGE - After spending seven years bouncing around between various housing programs the mother of a local 25-year-old wheelchair-bound man is speaking out.CKPG News has agreed to protect the i...
Aug 02, 2022

Prince George surgeon named to Order of British Columbia
VICTORIA-Prince George Resident Dr. Nadine Rena Caron is one of 14 people to be appointed to the Order of British Columbia. Dr. Caron is the only person from Northern B.C. to receive the honour this y...
Aug 01, 2022

New festival coming to PG
PRINCE GEORGE - In the next couple of weeks, this new destination will be opening to the public for the first-ever sunflower festival at the Northern Light Winery's Foreman Flats location. "So we've g...
Jul 29, 2022

This city loves its trees
PRINCE GEORGE - We love our trees in Prince George. We are a city within a vast forest. But in the late 1990s, this city lost thousands of trees to the Mountain Pine Beetle. That's when the City of Pr...
Jul 29, 2022

Wheels for Jenna: Community rallying to cover power chair costs for local artist
PRINCE GEORGE - A 22-year-old Prince George woman is trying to make the best of a tough situation with her power chair which has decided to quit.Jenna Wuthrich has gotten used to replacing her power c...
Jul 28, 2022

Gingerbread Toys: Amplify Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE-A toy store that has been around Prince George for a quarter century. Gingerbread Toys want to keep the creativity in kids' play. "We try and bring in toys where there are open-ended thi...
Jul 28, 2022

Papal apology doesn't go far enough, action still needed according to survivors
PRINCE GEORGE - Pope Francis officially made his apology on Canadian soil for what happened in Canada's residential school system earlier this week, but it didn't go far enough according to survivors....
Jul 26, 2022

Two libraries made cooling centers
+ PRINCE GEORGE - The sun is blazing outside, but inside the library, it's a comfortable 20 degrees. There's a table with fresh bottled water for patrons. The downtown branch and the Nechako branch in...
Jul 26, 2022

Indigenous family support program introduced
VICTORIA-Indigenous families who have young children that are in need of mental wellness support will have new options thanks to a new provincial program. We Are Indigenous: Big Worries/Fears Parent/C...
Jul 26, 2022