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Slow Down and Move Over – Let’s keep everyone safe…
BC NEWS Thursday, February 1, 2024 During the month of February, the BC Highway Patrol will be out in force throughout the province to reinforce with motorists the need to Slow Down and Move Over for all vehicles stopped alongside the road that have lights flashing. In B.C., motorists must reduce their speed and move…
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Drugs, fake cash and a weapon seized from a vehicle in Dawson Creek…
BC NEWS, DAWSON CREEK Thursday, February 1, 2024 Police in Dawson Creek are looking for a driver of a vehicle who fled from officers in mid January… Police say on January 16, 2024, BC Highway Patrol in Dawson Creek attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding and stunting. The driver however, parked the Chevy Malibu…
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City joining forces with UNBC and Council of Seniors for OCP pop-up events…
PRINCE GEORGE Wednesday, January 31, 2024 The City of Prince George has added two more pop-up events for the Official Community Plan (OCP) review in February following the success of the ones held this month. The City is collaborating with the University of British Columbia (UNBC) School of Planning and Sustainability to host a pop-up…
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Police looking for information in 2009 cold case investigation…
PRINCE GEORGE Wednesday, January 31, 2024 The Prince George RCMP’s Serious Crime Unit is reaching out to the public for information on the 2009 homicide of 44-year-old Vernon Darcy Baker. On April 11, 2009, at approximately 6:35 a.m., Vernon Baker attended a home on the 2300-block of Victoria Street and told the residents there he…
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New services help people protect their intimate images…
BC NEWS Wednesday, January 31, 2024 People who have had their intimate images or videos shared without consent have new supports to get them off the internet, stop their distribution, and seek monetary compensation. With the Intimate Images Protection Act coming into force on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, the Province, in partnership with the Civil…
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Canuck Place launches Milk & Cookies fundraising campaign…
BC NEWS, VANCOUVER Wednesday, January 31, 2024 British Columbians are encouraged to support the Milk and Cookies for Canuck Place campaign, presented by BC dairy farmers. Between February 2nd and March 31st, all proceeds raised from the campaign will be matched by BC Dairy to a maximum of $30,000 to benefit Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. During the campaign, the…
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Secondary suite program expands, adds housing in 16 regional districts…
BC NEWS Tuesday, January 30, 2024 More affordable housing options are on the way for people in B.C. as eligibility for the upcoming Secondary Suites Incentive Program (SSIP) is being expanded to 16 regional districts. “We’re expanding the secondary suite program as part of our Homes for People action plan to support the supply of affordable…
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UPDATE – A windstorm has knocked out power to thousands in Central and Northern BC…
PRINCE GEORGE, by Shane Chevalier Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 9:04 am. Updated at 2:00 pm January 30, 2024 UPDATE – Crews have made good progress on Tuesday morning to restore power to more than 3,000 customers in the Prince George area after a powerful windstorm hit the Central Interior overnight. Crews are responding as…
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Drugs, weapons seized during downtown search warrant…
PRINCE GEORGE Monday, January 29, 2024 A multi-day project undertaken by the Prince George RCMP’s Downtown Safety Unit and Problem Oriented Policing Team yielded numerous weapons, drugs and evidence of drug trafficking. The project targeted a B.C. Housing complex on the 600-block of Dominion Street, where multiple rooms were identified in the Controlled Drugs and…
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Heliskiing chopper crash claims a fourth life…
BC NEWS, TERRACE Monday, January 29, 2024 A fourth person has died following a heliskiing crash northwest of Terrace last Monday afternoon… On Monday, January 22, 2024, the Terrace RCMP was notified of a helicopter crash approximately 50 kilometers northwest of Terrace. Three helicopters were running a heliskiing operation in the mountainous backcountry with numerous…
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UPDATE – Avalanche in Hasler claims one life…
PRINCE GEORGE Monday, January 29, 2024. Updated on January 31, 2024 at 2:10 pm. UPDATE – Below is an update provided by the Chetwynd RCMP. A 21-year-old man has died after an avalanche occurred on Mount Stephenson Saturday afternoon. On January 27, 2024 at 3:25 PM MST, the Chetwynd RCMP received a report of a…
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BC Gov to move forward with 3 actions to keep kids safe…
BC NEWS Friday, January 26, 2024 The Province is moving forward on three important actions to keep kids and young people safe from online threats, restrict cellphones in school and hold social media companies accountable. “Today, kids live with different challenges than they did a generation ago, and they face them all in the palm…
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Fire at homeless encampment in PG destroys small structure…
PRINCE GEORGE Thursday, January 25, 2024 An early morning fire has destroyed a small structure at the homeless encampment in Prince George… Just before 5 am Thursday, PG Fire Rescue and other emergency crews responded to an outbuilding fire in the encampment in the lower Patricia Blvd area, just off 5th Ave. Upon arrival of…
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Overnight fire on Norwood Street…
PRINCE GEORGE Wednesday, January 24, 2024 An overnight fire on Norwood Street has destroyed a mobile home and a 5th wheel trailer… Just after 2 am Wednesday, PG Fire Rescue responded from two halls with four apparatus and eleven suppression personal to a home on the 2100 block of Norwood Street. When crews arrived on…
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ARRESTED – Crystal Margaret Rosalie Horth…
PRINCE GEORGE Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Police in Prince George are asking for the public’s help in locating a Wanted woman… Wanted is 47-year old Crystal Margaret Rosalie Horth. Horth is wanted on six unendorsed warrants for the following: Break and enter into a dwelling house Theft under $5000 x4 Mischief under $5000 x2 Robbery…
