Indigenous Arts and Culture
Omineca Arts Centre accepting submissions to be featured in art exhibit
PRINCE GEORGE - The Omineca Arts Centre is looking for Indigenous artists to feature in its upcoming exhibit to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day. The exhibit is coming up in June, but the deadline to submit your work is on April 30."Every year, the Omineca Arts Centre likes to partner with the Northern Indigenous...
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Cougars Playoffs
Cougars' success gives local businesses plenty to cheer about
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars have enjoyed a dominant post season so far, going 7-1 and currently holding a 3-1 series lead over the Kelowna Rockets in round two of the WHL playoffs. While that level of success has not surprisingly lead to the team and fans being excited, local businesses like pubs and rest...
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CKPG Today Arts
Meet Erika Mitsuhashi, the 1st Artist in Residence at the Knox Performance Centre
The Knox Performance Centre is hosting Erika Mitsuhashi this week for something that has never been done before in Prince George. In the first ever artist in residence of this style, Erika Mitsuhashi explores interdisciplinary arts through the merging of projection, choreography and installation art. During her week-lo...
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CKPG Today Entertainment
New documentary 'Block Dog' filmed near Quesnel tells story of tree-planters and their dogs
Man's best friend is an expression used often when referring to dogs. For many treeplanters the expression couldn't be more true. The Here Boy Films production follows the daily lives of eight loyal but mischievous dogs in a remote tree-planting camp in Quesnel, British Columbia. Filmed during the sweltering summertime...
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Indigenous Arts and Culture
Omineca Arts Centre accepting submissions to be featured in art exhibit
PRINCE GEORGE - The Omineca Arts Centre is looking for Indigenous artists to feature in its upcoming exhibit to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day. The exhibit is coming up in June, but the deadline to submit your work is on April 30."Every year, the Omineca Arts Centre likes to partner with the Northern Indigenous...
3h ago
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Cougars Playoffs
Cougars' success gives local businesses plenty to cheer about
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars have enjoyed a dominant post season so far, going 7-1 and currently holding a 3-1 series lead over the Kelowna Rockets in round two of the WHL playoffs. While that level of success has not surprisingly lead to the team and fans being excited, local businesses like pubs and rest...
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Upper Patricia residents concerned over toxic air
PRINCE GEORGE - Yet another fire near Mocassin Flats occurred recently. It comes on the heels of a fire that erupted in late March and it prompted a letter to Council at the most recent meeting about the toxic smoke that plaques the Millar Addition. "It's getting worse," says Mayor Simon Yu. "And we need...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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Standoff
Dawson Creek standoff ends peacefully
DAWSON CREEK - Mounties in Dawson Creek say a standoff that started Tuesday night ended peacefully.RCMP say that at 5 p.m. Tuesday night they received a report of a suicidal man at a home in the city."After approximately two hours of negotiation the male was successfully taken into custody without any injury,"...
Apr 17, 2024
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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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'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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Sports
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...
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Cougars
Rockets beat Cougars to force Game 5 on Friday
PRINCE GEORGE - The Kelowna Rockets staved off elimination by beating the Prince George Cougars 2-1 on Wednesday night at Prospera Place in Kelowna before 3,852 fans. The Rockets scored a pair of goals late in the second period to give them a two-goal lead heading into the third period. Those goals came from Max Graham...
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Timberwolves men's soccer boosting their defence with new committment
PRINCE GEORGE- The UNBC Timberwolves men's soccer team has announced the committment of Luke Graham for the 2024 Canada West season."The whole experience at UNBC was super welcoming. Everybody was coming up to me, dabbing me up and introducing themselves. It seems like a great community that has been built and I'm...
Apr 18, 2024
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Canada
Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted
BURNABY, B.C. - The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage in 2019 has told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was holding a knife to her throat with a gun in his other hand. Cpl. Chris Dibblee told the inquest jury that he almost immedia...
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Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1: B.C. government
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is tilting the rules towards families who need a home, and speculators should invest in that instead of short-term rentals and houses to flip. Eby made his comments today in advance of the rule changes on May 1 that limit short-term rental units to...
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Speaker of Ontario legislature stands by keffiyeh ban; Ford, opposition seek reversal
TORONTO - The Speaker of Ontario's legislature is standing by a ruling that bans people in the building from wearing keffiyehs, which he says are being worn to make a political statement, even after the premier and all opposition parties asked him to reverse it. The legislature has a long-standing rule that members can...
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Métis groups will trudge on toward self-government as bill faces another setback
OTTAWA - Métis organizations in Ontario and Alberta say they'll keep on the path toward self-government, but the future of a contentious bill set to do just that is now uncertain. The Métis Nation - Saskatchewan was included in a piece of federal legislation set to recognize Métis governments in th...
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B.C. woman tries to coax trapped killer calf out of tidal lagoon with her violin
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A Nanaimo, B.C., woman says she is serenading a killer whale calf with her violin, hoping to entice the orca to leave the remote lagoon where she has been trapped alone for almost four weeks. Carol Love says she is watching the tides at the Vancouver Island lagoon and will be playing the violin at ever...
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Labour leader urges unions to expose Poilievre's working-class overtures as 'fraud'
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's largest labour organization is calling Pierre Poilievre a "fraud" for portraying himself as a friend of the working class. Canadian Labour Congress Bea Bruske wants union leaders to do everything they can to expose him before the next federal election. Bruske delivered her call ...
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World
The Latest | Iran fires air defense batteries and diverts flights after explosions
Iran fired air defense batteries Friday and some flights were diverted or grounded after reports of explosions near a major airbase and nuclear site where drones were spotted. It was unclear if the country was under attack, but tensions are high after Iran's unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. The Israeli...
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The Latest | Iran says air defense batteries fire after explosions reported near major air base
Iran fired air defense batteries Friday reports of explosions near a major air base at the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. It remained unclear if the country was under attack, but tensions remain high after Iran's unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. The Israeli military did not i...
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Flights divert around western Iran as one report claims explosions heard near Isfahan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Commercial flights began diverting their routes early Friday morning over western Iran without explanation as one semiofficial news agency in the Islamic Republic claimed there had been "explosions" heard over the city of Isfahan. The incident comes as tensions remain high i...
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