Health

30th annual Festival of Trees launches tomorrow

PRINCE GEORGE - The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at University Hospital of Northern BC has nine rooms and, at any given time, they are occupied with babies in need. "So the neonatal intensive care uni...

Nov 28, 2023

Funding underway for groundbreaking cancer research

PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Cancer Foundation has launched a $2.2 million fundraising campaign to support a new, cutting-edge international precision radiation clinical trial, which will be led by Dr. Rob ...

Nov 10, 2023

Paramedic training in PG?

PRINCE GEORGE - As with every community across the province, there is a dire shortage of paramedics, whether it's medical paramedics or industrial paramedics. And they are a bit different. And communi...

Oct 27, 2023

Man fined and banned from hunting after illegal killing of Roosevelt Elk near Chemainus

NANAIMO - The illegal capture and harvesting of a large elk proved costly for a Vancouver Island man.Kyle Emrys Watson-Harley was fined $5,100 and banned from hunting for two years following a sentenc...

Oct 18, 2023

BCASW blasts Bill 34

PRINCE GEORGE - That was the stance taken by the government earlier this month, when legislation was introduced to restrict where drugs could be used publicly. No more could drug use be allowed within...

Oct 12, 2023

New sobering centre opens

PRINCE GEORGE - More people in Prince George and the surrounding area have access to a new sobering centre operated by Carrier Sekani Family Services in partnership with the Province and Northern Heal...

Oct 10, 2023

Respiratory illnesses on the rise at UHNBC

PRINCE GEORGE - Yesterday, noting hospital visits by people with respiratory illness, be it COVID or influenza, are starting to show increases in hospitals across the province, including the Universit...

Sep 29, 2023

PG Hospice Society opens new rec centre

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society is pleased to announce the completion of its new Rec Room, furthering its commitment to expanding hospice services for the community. ...

Sep 28, 2023

WestJet plane hits parked military aircraft at Comox air base, passengers evacuated

COMOX - A WestJet flight bound for Edmonton didn't get off the ground as the 737 aircraft hit a parked military plane on the ramp of 19 Wing Comox.The incident happened on Wednesday, Aug. 9 during the...

Aug 09, 2023

Local Councillor on Anti-Poverty Group

PRINCE GEORGE - BC was the last province in the country to create poverty reduction plan. The Together BC plan aimed to reduce overall poverty by a quarter and cut childhood poverty by half by 2024. B...

Aug 01, 2023