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  • Police seek Wanted suspects on Canada Wide Warrant…

    This story has been updated to include an additional two suspects. Their photos and descriptions have been added… PRINCE GEORGE, BC: The Prince George RCMP is requesting the public’s help with information on three Wanted male suspects on a Canada Wide Warrant… On Friday October 2, 2020, a Canada-wide warrant for Being Unlawfully at Large…

  • Suspicious package at Fort St. John postal outlet leaked inert powder…

    FORT ST. JOHN, BC: Inert powder is to blame for the closure of the Fort St. John Post Office in Thursday… Police say on October 15, 2020, at 8:13 AM, officers were requested by the Fire Department to attend the Canada Post office located at 10139 101st Ave, to assist with a package that was deemed suspicious.…

  • Global COVID-19 treatment trial shows current antivirals are of little benefit to hospitalized patients…

    In just six months, the world’s largest randomized control trial on COVID-19 therapeutics has generated conclusive evidence on the effectiveness of repurposed drugs for the treatment of COVID-19. Interim results from the Solidarity Therapeutics Trial, coordinated by the World Health Organization, indicate that remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon regimens appeared to have little or no…

  • CN Centre walking registration now open…

    PRINCE GEORGE, BC: Advance registration for indoor walking at the CN Centre is now available. Pedestrians can sign up to use the facility’s concourse for walking when it re-opens on October 19. The popular walking sessions are back following Prince George City Council’s decision at the October 5 Council meeting to restore limited ice access…

  • Can you help ID two suspects…

    PRINCE GEORGE, BC: Police are asking the public’s help to identify two suspects of a break & enter this past August… On Thursday September 3, 2020, the Prince George RCMP received a report of a break & enter that had occurred on the morning of Sunday August 30 at an apartment building on the 3600…

  • Q&A with UBC: Immediate CPR saves more lives than transporting cardiac arrest patients to hospital

    If someone experiences cardiac arrest—a condition in which the heart suddenly stops beating—what’s the best way to keep that person alive? A new study led by UBC researchers, and recently published in JAMA, compared the survival rates of two different strategies used by paramedics when treating cardiac arrests: 1) performing resuscitation at the scene, or 2)…

  • Isolation, Loneliness, and COVID-19: Pandemic leads to sharp increase in mental health challenges, social woes…

    As COVID-19 cases surge and public health officials plead with Canadians to stay home and minimize their contact with others whenever possible, a new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute sheds light on the monumental shift in social behaviours in Canada this year and the corresponding effects it has had. The unprecedented drop in community activity, from volunteering,…

  • Three males charged following shooting and pursuit…

    PRINCE GEORGE, BC: The investigation into Thursday’s targeted shooting and subsequent flight from police is continuing…  Evidence found during the investigation has shown that a suspect discharged a firearm at police in pursuit, striking the windshield of a police cruiser. The officer was not hurt. Investigators continue to gather evidence and obtain statements from witnesses. The…

  • UBC researcher examines the psychological toll of the pandemic…

    From facing fears of contracting the virus, coping with extended separation from loved ones, and combatting the everyday emotional and financial repercussions of COVID-19, the pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on our mental health and wellbeing. Dr. Lakshmi Yatham, professor and head of the UBC department of psychiatry, explores the psychological toll of COVID-19…

  • Three people in custody after shots fired at a home in Prince George…

    PRINCE GEORGE, BC: Three people are in custody and police continue to investigate following a shooting and vehicle chase late Thursday morning… Police say at approximately 11:37 AM, officers began receiving multiple reports of shots fired on Bellos Street in Prince George. Witnesses reported that occupants in a vehicle pulled up to a specific residence, opened…

  • Nine people arrested following Search Warrant on Nation Cres…

    PRINCE GEORGE, BC: During the early morning hours of Wednesday October 7, 2020, the Prince George RCMP’s Street Crew Unit with the assistance of the North District RCMP’s Emergency Response Team, executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a residence on Nation Crescent in Prince George. Nine people were located and arrested…

  • Police investigating shooting on Bellos Street…

    PRINCE GEORGE, BC: Police are once again investigating a shooting occurrence at a home near Bellos Street in Prince George… Police say at approximately 12:30 AM, on the morning officers received a report of shots fired near Bellos Street in Prince George.  Multiple frontline officers including a Police Dog Service team attended the area. One residence…

  • Potential victims of pimp Pierre-André Baptiste sought across Canada by the EILP…

    MONTRÉAL, QC: At the request of the Équipe intégrée de lutte contre le proxénétisme (EILP) (Integrated Anti-Procuring Team), the RCMP Surrey detachment proceeded with the arrest of Pierre-André Baptiste on Thursday, September 24 for engaging in the sexual exploitation of a 25-year-old woman. The investigators have reasons to believe this pimp might have other victims in…

  • Williams Lake RCMP seeking witnesses to a suspicious incident…

    WILLIAMS LAKE, BC: This morning on October 7, frontline RCMP officers in Williams Lake were contacted by a local school administrator after a child reported a man had asked her to get into his truck, while on her way from school the previous day. According to the child, she had been walking alone in the…

  • Arrested… PG RCMP seek Wanted man on Canada Wide Warrant…

    UPDATE: Police have arrested FONTAINE. PRINCE GEORGE, BC: The Prince George RCMP is requesting the public’s help in locating a dangerous man Wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant… On Wednesday September 2, 2020, a Canada-wide warrant for Being Unlawfully at Large was issued for 37 year-old Steven James Fontaine. The arrest warrant was issued after…