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Prince George Couple Living in France Shocked by Friday’s Attacks

By CKPG News

November 16, 2015 - 4:59pm Updated: November 17, 2015 - 7:00pm

People all over the world are in shock, reacting to the terrorist attacks that happened in Paris Friday night.

One hundred and twenty-nine people were killed in six locations around the city.

Prince George’s Cindy and Dan Marcotte are two months into a year long stay in France.

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Coquihalla Highway Chaos

By Chad Harris

November 16, 2015 - 11:07am Updated: November 17, 2015 - 12:55am

The Coquihalla is now fully re-opened between Merritt and hope following a day of colissions spread across a vast area. Southbound traffic starting flowing again mid-afternoon, but Northbound traffic did not open again until just after 11pm Monday.

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Sagebrush Golf Course Sold

By Chad Harris

November 13, 2015 - 10:51am

The Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club has finally changed hands.

Langley-based Newmark Group has purchased the course. Company spokesperson Ruth Atherley says the new owners are still deciding if they might open up the historically private course.

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Cache Creek flood victims slowly getting lives back

By Chad Klassen

November 6, 2015 - 11:10am

Cache Creek resident Charlene Milward is seeing her now former home for the first time in months. She still can't believe the destruction, six months after it was gutted on the evening of May 23, 2015.

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Kinder Morgan meeting with First Nations in B.C.

By Chad Klassen

October 30, 2015 - 1:40pm

Kinder Morgan transports 300,000 barrels of oil from Edmonton to Burnaby every day. It's hoping to triple that capacity with a proposed expansion to the Trans Mountain pipeline.

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Reinbrecht Found Guilty in 2010 Shuswap Boat Crash

By James Peters

October 27, 2015 - 3:00pm Updated: November 17, 2015 - 10:28am

Leon Reinbrecht has been found guilty of two counts in a 2010 boat crash on Shuswap Lake that killed one man and injured eight others.

Justice Sheri Donegan brought down the verdict in BC Supreme Court this morning.

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Large Industrial Fire in Merritt

By Chad Harris

October 26, 2015 - 10:50pm Updated: October 28, 2015 - 12:36am

A tense situation unfolded in the small community of Merritt Monday night.

Fire crews were called into a structure fire at an industrial business located at the corner of Nicola Avenue and Douglas Street.

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Opening Of Trades Centre At NVIT

By Jessica Lepp

October 26, 2015 - 1:48pm

The Premier was in Merritt today to officially open a new trades training centre at NVIT the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology. The new 670 square meter facility will house 40 trades students each year.