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Prince George

Spruce Kings Show Home
Local residents win 2024's Spruce Kings Show Home
PRINCE GEORGE - The 2024 Spruce Kings Show Home draw took place at 12:00 today, and the winners are Bob and Gladys Burgess! The draw sees people all across the province buy tickets, and the Spruce Kings says it's really exciting to have a local winner."It's sort of grown a little bit too over the last few years. W...
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CNC Board approves balanced budget
PRINCE GEORGE - The College of New Caledonia's (CNC) Board of Governors has passed a balanced budget that will maintain and enhance student services in the 2024/25 fiscal year and focus on key priority areas. The college board approved the budget during a regular meeting today. "We developed the balanced budget gu...
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Crime
Prince George RCMP confirm identity of human remains found at Bowron River rest area
PRINCE GEORGE- On April 14, human remains were discovered near the Bowron River rest area west of Purden lake. With the assistance of Search and Rescue, Police Dog Service, and Forensic Identification Service, RCMP have determined the person located was Edward Michael Milne.Milne was reported missing on March 29, 2024....
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Fire
Fire on Anderson Street causes $100k in damages
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire in the 100 block of Anderson Street Friday morning (April 19).Crews from three firehalls responded at approximately 5:50 a.m. to find very heavy smoke from all sides of the structure, and flame from one large window."Fire crews extinguished th...
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Northern BC

Recycling
Changes coming to recycling collection at Regional District transfer stations
PRINCE GEORGE - Starting the end of May, residents can expect changes when it comes to recycling collection According to the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, the contractor who currently provides the recycling drop off bins and hauling services is unable to continue the service past May 31. "This means the...
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QUESNEL RIVER RUSH
The Quesnel River Rush set to make immediate impact on the KIJHL
QUESNEL - It was exciting news when the city of Quesnel announced they were the 3rd expansion team to join the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The first time the city has had junior hockey since 2011.Tracy Mero will take the reigns as the new owner and president of the team after he bought and relo...
Apr 18, 2024
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Controlled burn trial
BC Wildfire Service starts "controlled burn trial" at the Vanderhoof airport, creating smokey conditions
VANDERHOOF -BC Wildfire Service began "controlled burn trials" at the Vanderhoof airport, on Thursday, April 18. The smoke from the burning may impact nearby residents and the burns will be conducted intermittently over the next several weeks.BC Wildfire Service also says any smoke produced by the burn is exp...
Apr 18, 2024
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Budget reaction
AME weighs in on federal budget
VANCOUVER - The Association of Mineral Exploration (AME) has reacted to this week's federal budget.On a positive note, it says that the extension of the mineral exploration tax credit (METC) until March 31, 2025 encourages continued investment in the industry by providing incentives that enable the continued growth of ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Cariboo Region

MVI
Two-vehicle MVI on Highway 97 at Dragon Lake Road
QUESNEL - Quesnel RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 at Dragon Lake Road Tuesday morning (April 16).Officers arrived on scene at 7:30 a.m. to find a collision involving a pickup truck and an SUV."The SUV was attempting to cross Highway 97 from Dragon Lake Road when it was struck by the pickup ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Impaired driving
Williams Lake Mounties remind residents to plan a safe ride home
WILLIAMS LAKE - A reminder from Mounties in Williams Lake to avoid the perils of impaired driving.Williams Lake RCMP has seen an increase in impaired drivers in and around the city. In fact over the past seven days they have conducted three investigations for impaired driving. These investigations will be submitted to ...
Apr 10, 2024
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quesnel
'We deserve better': says Nazko Chief
QUESNEL - Chief Leah Stump of the Nazko First Nation was one of many present at Quesnel's council meeting Tuesday and told council how much the actions over the last two weeks have done for truth and reconciliation in the community."We deserve better than having to come here to prove that our people went to reside...
Apr 05, 2024
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Sports
Quesnel awarded KIJHL franchise
QUESNEL - The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced today that the North Okanagan Knights franchise has been sold and relocated to Quesnel, where they will be known as the River Rush.The sale and move was approved unanimously by the KIJHL's Board of Governors and will take effect immediately. With the a...
Apr 04, 2024
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Canada

U.S. FAA to probe baseball coach in cockpit during a flight from Denver to Toronto
LOS ANGELES - Authorities in the United States are investigating after a video surfaced on social media of a hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft "at cruise altitude," while bound for Toronto. A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration says an investigation i...
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Police to search Saskatoon landfill for woman missing since 2020
SASKATOON - Police are planning to search a Saskatoon landfill for a woman who has been missing for almost four years. Mackenzie Lee Trottier was last seen in December 2020. Police say a substantial amount of data was collected late last year that identifies a specific area of the landfill that may contain evidence in...
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Disability expert resigns from federal advisory group over benefit program
OTTAWA - One of Canada's leading disability scholars is quitting a federal advisory board, saying the government failed to properly fund the disability benefit. Michael Prince, a professor of social policy at the University of Victoria, says he's deeply disappointed with the Canada Disability Benefit. He's resigning f...
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Polish leader tells B.C. audience NATO allies need to spend more on defence
VANCOUVER - Poland's president says members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including Canada, must raise defence spending to three per cent of GDP to deter Russia's war in Ukraine from spreading. Andrzej Duda made the comments at a speech in Vancouver on Friday, a day ahead of his meeting with Prime Ministe...
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Liberal and NDP MPs lament departure of longtime Tory MP as status of women chair
OTTAWA - Liberal and NDP MPs are lamenting the loss of the longtime Conservative chair of the parliamentary committee on the status of women. Government members say they were disappointed to learn this week that Karen Vecchio would no longer be at the helm, after having first served as chair in 2017. The House of Com...
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Quebec Liberals will choose new leader during convention in June 2025
QUEBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says its leadership race will begin next January and the winner will be chosen in June 2025. Former leader Dominique Anglade stepped down weeks after the 2022 provincial election, during which the party maintained official Opposition status but lost 10 seats. Marc Tanguay has served as...
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