Local News

Traffic was reduced to one lane southbound on the Hart Highway after a crash just before noon Wednesday. It appears a motorcycle collided with another vehicle on the highway a short distance from Northwood Pulp Mill Road.

When Heather Gordon-Young set out to write her book Fireflies: Finding Light in a Dark World, she wanted to document the spiritual journey sparked largely by the untimely death of her brother, who took his own life 24 years ago.

The B.C. Northern Exhibition has received a $70,000 grant from the provincial government. The money, announced Tuesday, comes out of the sport and arts and culture categories of the community gaming grant program.

Royal LePage Prince George will be hosting a garage sale this Saturday to raise money for the Phoenix Transition Society. It takes place at the Royal LePage office, 1625 4th Ave., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The appeal of Cody Alan Legebokoff's convictions of first degree murder in the deaths of four area women will be held Wednesday in Vancouver at the B.C. Court of Appeal.

The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George is undertaking a $7.4-million project to relocate the entrance to the Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill and make other improvements.

Crown counsel has approved charges against a local man following a collision Friday afternoon between a car and an RCMP patrol vehicle at Fifth and Central.

Area students took top spots in the Canada-Wide Science Fair held in Montreal at McGill University last week.

The provincial government poured a mug of cheer for the B.C. brewing industry on Friday.

In 17 months, there will be 173 shiny new units in a seniors housing complex in the middle of Prince George.