Local News

If 2015 was for talking at City Hall and community conversations, 2016 should be for taking action. Bids have already opened for two projects that will play a major role in the city centre.

The federal Liberals may have been the ones campaigning on "real change" but it was politicians on the local level who seemed determined to differentiate themselves from the administration of yore.

Parents ring in the new year with the first Prince George baby of 2016

After watching vehicles struggle to make it up 15th Avenue on Sunday, a Prince George resident is calling for more to be done when it comes to clearing snow away from emergency routes.

With nothing but her purse clutched in her hands and the clothes on her back, Elva Noakes watched as her home at Aleza Lake burned so hot on Boxing Day there was only the tin from the roof left.

The area's annual bird counts are popular birdwatching excursions, but also grassroots science in action. Taking account of birds each year is an indicator of the region's overall state of the environment.

A Fort St. John man is undergoing multiple surgeries in an Edmonton hospital to save his arms and hands following a vicious dog attack on Christmas Day, but is in positive spirits, friends and family say.

The new year will bring an extra day for Prince George residents to access provincial services. On Jan. 9, the local Service BC office will begin a pilot project of opening on Saturdays. Currently, the office – located at 1044 Fifth Ave.

Local police are still looking for suspects after a Tuesday morning convenience store robbery. According to the Prince George RCMP, a panic alarm was hit at Mr. G's on Ospika Boulevard and Fifth Avenue around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Each time Bill Cosby's name makes the news, it brings back uncomfortable memories for Kym Gouchie. The Lheidli T'enneh First Nation member and musician spent most of the past 25 years away from Prince George before returning early this year.