Local News

Power has been restored to nearly all of the more than 6,800 customers who were left without service as a result of the windstorm that blew through the city last night.

A local woman started her volunteering in 1965 at 15 years old when she became the youth advocate for the arthritis society when she lived on Vancouver Island.

There are eight puppies at the Prince George Humane Society happy to be alive and waiting for treatment. "They are lucky to have survived," said executive director Angela McLaren.

Two boys were spared from a massacre that included an entire community, Dos Erres, in Guatemala in 1982. One boy, Ramiro, was five and remembers perhaps too much, the other, Oscar, was three and remembers nothing.

With almost 3,500 people accessing the Health Equipment Loan Program last year at the Prince George branch of the Canadian Red Cross. There's a call out for volunteers to help meet the demand.

A vigorous cold front will bring strong gusty winds up to 90 km/h this evening, Environment Canada said in a warning issued shortly after 4 p.m.

Trading hoses for hammers, Prince George Fire Fighters Local 1372 raised $6,400 for the Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund at the Northern B.C. Home and Garden Show last month.

The Prince George Citizen has earned six awards from the Canadian Community Newspaper Association.

A man with a history of deadly violence has been charged with second-degree murder in relation to an assault turned fatal over the weekend.

To celebrate the third annual Canadian RVing and Camping Week from today through Sunday, Go RVing Canada is inviting campers to join in the biggest marshmallow roast Saturday at dusk. This initiative is to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish foundation.