Local News

During stops in Vanderhoof and Prince George on Saturday, B.C. Transit officials fielded more than 150 comments on the organization's plan for a service along Highway 16 West.

A 70-year-old Bear Lake man was found dead at the scene after his ultra-light plane crashed near Mackenzie on Saturday.

A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to three years probation for arson causing damage to property in relation to two fires set in Mackenzie last year.

Dark smoke may be visible from the Prince George Airport on Wednesday and Thursday, but it's not a cause for panic. Aviation-related fire training is set to run from 7 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. both days.

As the children return to school for their regularly scheduled learning, so do seniors return to their centres for their regularly scheduled fun. At the Prince George Council of Seniors Resource and Referral Centre, 721 Victoria St.

B.C. NDP leader John Horgan has wrapped up a trip via motorhome from Prince Rupert to Prince George and says affordability, health care and resource development were the top three issues raised by those he met during the nearly week-long trip.

A local man faces eight charges following Friday's bomb scare at Cottonwood Island Park.

Husband-and-wife volunteer firefighters Gillian and Grant Getz made themselves a bet before they started competing at the Firefighter Games Saturday at the BCNE. Whoever finished the combat challenge with the worst time was in for a head shaving.

A forest fire in the Norman Lake region west of Prince George has been contained and the evacuation alert has been lifted by the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George. Fire crews sent to the area Friday when it was first reported at about 1:30 p.m.

Barkerville is famous for its past, but a team of administrators and marketers is dedicated to its future. A former Prince George resident and all-local business leader has been newly named to that team.