The Prince George Chamber of Commerce’s Business Excellence award winners were unveiled Friday night at the annual gala event. Winners (By Category): Business of the […]
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Pinnacle Renewable Energy has signed a long-term export deal to provide wood pellets to Japan. Premier John Horgan joined Robert McCurdy, CEO of Pinnacle Renewable […]
U-Haul Company (Canada) Ltd. has announced that Mr. G Shell has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Prince George community. Mr. […]
A Prince George company has launched a service designed to help people living alone who might need help. Okay Today Calls Inc. (Okay Today) is […]
The oil refinery in Prince George has been sold. Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire Husky […]
Two recently published studies are being hailed by the city as positive economic news for Prince George. A study published earlier this week by the […]
NATIONS continues to move closer to its ultimate goal of cultivating and marketing cannabis in B.C.’s northern interior. NATIONS is an Indigenous-controlled cannabis production company […]
The cold weather is settling in. On Monday morning it was about -7 degrees Celsius. The unflappable Jim Good, however, weathered the frost in his […]
The Prince George Airport Authority will soon have a new president and chief executive officer. Gordon Duke has been hired to replace John Gibson, who […]
With forest companies announcing temporary and permanent shut downs seemingly every week, there is one forest company that is expanding. The Brink Group – which […]
Twenty years, almost to the day, that John Brink got involved with supporting trades training at the College of New Caledonia, he doubled down … […]
Prince George will soon be without a daily newspaper. The Prince George Citizen will move from a paid-subscription daily to a free weekly at the […]
Victoria has unveiled a $69 million plan to help British Columbia forest workers impacted by mill closures and shift reductions in several B.C. Interior communities […]
The finalists for the Prince George Chamber of Commerce’s Business Excellence Awards were announced Thursday. The 34th annual Business Excellence Awards will be held on […]
Two surveys have opened as part of the Cariboo Chilcotin regional labour market study. The study is a partnership between the Cariboo Regional District, municipalities […]
West Fraser will introduce ‘variable operating schedules’ at five of its British Columbia sawmills, starting next week. The operating schedules at these sawmills will vary […]
What does Prince George have that no other city has? Proximity of an urban city to the great outdoors! Tourism Prince George is pleased to […]
Canfor has told its employees at PG Pulp and Paper that the plant will be down for two more weeks. The shut down follows a […]
Lowe’s Canada has announced the return of its Lowe’s Canada Heroes campaign. As part of this campaign, every Lowe’s, RONA, and Reno-Depot corporate store in […]
Canfor has announced its Houston, Polar, Prince George and Fort St. John sawmills will be shut down for one week, starting September 3. In addition, […]
Are the apples getting ripe on your trees? Are you wondering what you’re going to do with all those apples and whether they’re going to […]
British Columbians will pay less for electricity next spring if the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) approves BC Hydro’s request for a decrease in rates. “For […]
A busload of forest professionals are touring through northern B.C. this week. What makes this busload different is that they are all from Sweden. The […]
Pacific Coastal Airlines is adding a new, non-stop Saturday service between Victoria and Prince George beginning Saturday, October 12. The Saturday flight is scheduled to […]
Northern Development is offering a consulting rebate to small and medium sized businesses that may be affected by permanent mill closures or curtailments. The Forestry Affected […]
Glass House Xperience is returning to Prince George September 2-16. Glass House Xperience is Canada’s only mobile glass studio and travels across the western provinces […]
Coastal Gas Link has suspended some clearing activities on the natural gas pipeline it is building from Dawson Creek to Kitimat. An internal audit of […]
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. close its sawmill operations in Vanderhoof, Fort St. James and Prince George for two weeks, starting August 19. “As a […]
A $5.6 billion petrochemical plant that would create 1,000 jobs is in the works for Prince George. West Coast Olefins of Calgary announced Wednesday in […]
The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George is entering into a 20-year agreement to have FortisBC purchase raw landfill gas from the Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill. […]
There’s nothing better on a warm summer night than heading out to the drive-in to catch a good movie and enjoy the night sky. How […]
Early-morning passengers at the Prince George Airport can now buy their fresh-brewed coffee, breakfast sandwiches, pastries and wraps after clearing passenger screening at the Prince […]
Real estate sales dipped slightly in the first half of 2019, however prices have increased. The BC Northern Real Estate Board reports 2,298 properties sold […]
Canfor Pulp will be implementing phased summer shut downs at its Intercontinental and Northwood NBSK pulp mills in Prince George during July and August. The company […]
Many government buildings will become smarter and more energy efficient in an effort to tackle climate change, thanks to the province’s new CleanBC Government Buildings […]
Conifex Timber is selling its Fort St. James sawmill and associated forest licence to Hampton Lumber for $39 million. “We have known for some time […]
CN will continue to fund the Prince George Chamber of Commerce’s carbon action project through 2021. From 2015 through 2019, CN provided $163,688 for the […]
An environmental assessment certificate for the Blackwater Gold Project has been issued to New Gold Inc. by George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change […]
BY STAN MITCHELL Chartered Professional Accountants Association of B.C. Over the past two years, the Cariboo has endured two of the most devastating wildfires our […]
The Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC) is encouraged by the federal government’s decision to grant its final approval to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion […]
LNG Canada and its prime contractor, JGC Fluor BC LNG JV (JGC Fluor), today announced the launch of Your Place, a province-wide workforce development program […]
100 Mile House has been hit with another permanent mill closure. West Fraser today announced its intention to permanently close its Chasm lumber mill and […]
The new allowable annual cut (AAC) for West Fraser’s Tree Farm Licence 52 near Quesnel is 592,500 cubic metres, Diane Nicholls, chief forester, has announced. […]
Canfor Pulp Products will be closing its BCTMP pulp mill in Taylor for five weeks this summer. The company announced today that it will close […]
Louisiana Pacific has announced an indefinite shut down of its Peace Valley oriented strand board plant in Fort St. John on August 9. The shut […]
Norbord Inc. is indefinitely closing its oriented strand board (OSB) mill in 100 Mile House, starting in August 2019. The closure will result in 160 […]
Canfor Corporation announced Monday it will be temporarily shut down operations at all its British Columbia sawmills, except WynnWood. The majority of mills will be […]
Some Shaw customers in Prince George, Quesnel, Williams Lake and surrounding areas of northern British Columbia may be experiencing an interruption to their internet, television […]
Canada’s largest and longest-running conference on the bioeconomy will be the place for industry, government, communities, and researchers to meet and discuss some of the […]
Small business owners in B.C.’s northwest who suffered financial and business losses following British Columbia’s devastating 2018 wildfire season can now apply for additional assistance. […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS bill@pgdailynews.ca Thinking about streaming all eight seasons of Game of Thrones this weekend? Or maybe locking yourself in the basement and playing […]
Get ready for lots more hockey at CN Centre. The City of Prince George has renewed a rental agreement with the Prince George Cougars that […]
A new bus service could soon be running between Prince George, Kamloops, and Salmon Arm. Ebus BC is hoping the Passenger Transportation Board will approve […]
Canfor is permanently closing its Vavenby sawmill north of Kamloops this July, putting 178 employees out of work. Canfor has reached an agreement to sell […]
West Fraser will be shutting down five mills in the Interior for one week. The affected mills are in Chetwynd, Quesnel, Williams Lake, Smithers and […]
B.C.’s general hourly minimum wage will increase to $13.85 from $12.65, and the minimum wage rates for liquor servers, resident caretakers and live-in camp leaders […]
The Prince George Chamber of Commerce presented three resolutions during the 2019 BC Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting in Burnaby the week of May […]
Prince George Ribfest is less than one month away and local companies are pitching in to make the three-day event a great time. The event, […]