Local News

The city's unemployment rate stood at 6.6 per cent in August, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers. That's down from 7.

With challenges like 'we're 100 years old so we know everything' from the Prince George Citizen and 'we have a team of intelligent and fierce competitors to ensure the win' from Northern Health, it's hard to resist coming out to see who takes top spo

A Prince George provincial court judge reluctantly sentenced a 35-year-old local man to 18 months in jail followed by three years probation for sexually assaulting his common law spouse while she was in the psychiatric ward at University Hospital of

The Wood Innovation and Design Centre has earned a Governor General medal in architecture. The green building was one of 12 buildings that earned the honour at Rideau Hall in Ottawa Tuesday.

Noah Birch, the 15-year-old Quesnel boy reported missing earlier this week has been found, RCMP said Thursday.

A Prince George parolee has been arrested after Prince George RCMP found him with methamphetamine and heroin. The 39-year-old tried to flee on his bike last Wednesday, near the 2000 block of Pine Street.

The College of New Caledonia has been recognized by the Global Best Awards for its research forest. It tied for silver at the awards for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) for the North America region.

Northern groups that target community health can make a pitch for up to $5,000 for their programs. Northern Health has opened the call for applications for its IMAGINE Community Grants -its second call for the year.

Starting Wednesday Willow Cale Road will be closed for construction likely until December.

The local Husky Refinery will be conducting a series of training exercises on the Nechako and Fraser Rivers and other secondary waterways beginning Tuesday and for the rest of the week. There will be boats on the water, along with a floating boom.