Congratulations Prince George. With just a few days left, the city is close to going a year without a murder or a manslaughter.
That's a far cry from 2010 when there were seven within city limits and two more in the surrounding area.
Indeed, the last such alleged incident occurred way back on April 9, 2013 when Gordon Stanley Adolph Sr., 42, was found dead in an 800-block Douglas Street home.
The accused are Gordon Stanley Adolph Jr., 23, Christopher Flanagan, 24, and a male under age 18, whose name cannot be released. A trial is set to begin in October.
Arguably, winter driving on the region's highways was the year's biggest killer. In January, seven people died in collisions along Highway 16, continuing a trend that began when the snow started falling in early November 2013.
In late January, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone raised the winter maintenance classification for Highway 16 to class A, partly in answer to the number of collisions and fatalities. So far this winter, there have been three deaths on highways in the central interior.
Unfortunately, the carnage also struck in-town as four people were killed while crossing Prince George streets while on foot in 2014.
