Local News

An overheated electrical motor was the source of the fire that destroyed a lumber manufacturing plant and major employer in McBride, Fraser-Fort George Regional District said Monday.

Prince George RCMP are crediting an enforcement and education campaign for a more-than 50-per-cent drop in the number of collisions at 10 "high-risk" intersections in the city.

A four-vehicle crash involving a Greyhound bus on Highway 97 south of Kersley left one person dead and seven people injured on Friday afternoon, according to North District RCMP. Quesnel RCMP were called to the scene at 5:13 p.m.

Running enthusiasts burn rubber when they set foot on city streets or rocky off-road trails and it doesn't take them long to wear the tread off their soles. There's usually not much else wrong with those shoes.

UNBC has again been named as one of Canada's greenest employers. For the sixth year in a row, UNBC has made the list and this year it is one of nine universities included and the only employer in northern B.C. to earn the recognition.

From gift certificates to the spa, your favorite restaurant or a fun day at The Exploration Place, The Citizen's annual Auction Mall offers something for the whole family. The bidding has already begun online with many items up for grabs.

Knowing he's already overspent his budget for the 2017 Telus Cup midget hockey national championship, tournament co-chair John Morrison gladly accepted a $20,000 cheque from the Prince George Cougars 50/50 Society on Friday.

The day after the first B.C. leaders debate on television, Christy Clark was out on the road in Quesnel and Prince George. She stopped in to visit The Citizen newsroom for an exclusive interview.

The B.C. Green Party has announced the candidates for both the Prince George-Valemont and Prince George-Mackenzie electoral districts. Nan Kendy is representing the Greens in Prince George-Valemount.

A student from the medical radiology program at the College of New Caledonia was the first recipient to receive the Dr. Larry Breckon Memorial Endowment Scholarship on Friday.