Local News

A Tsay Keh Dene man was sentenced Friday to a further two years less a day in jail followed by three years probation for sexually assaulting an an eight-year-old girl.

There is less than a week left before the big Hospice Dream Home Lottery draw. As of Friday, 830 tickets were still unclaimed for the 2015 dream home located at 7664 Stillwater Cres., in the Creekside Properties subdivision.

The main branch of the city's post office is expected to reopen to the public early next week after this week's closure. The Canada Post outlet on Fifth Avenue has been closed since Nov.

Waning Moon Cabaret will not be presented Saturday at 8 p.m. at Art Space, 1685 Third Ave. as announced in the Bulletin Board in Friday's Citizen.

The Northland Auto Group donated a vehicle to AWAC, the Association Advocating for Women and Children, a local organization that provides 24 hour shelter and support services to women and children in Prince George.

Drivers are being asked to slow down as winter approaches.

The master of the post office operating out of a general store in a small community north of Fort St. James has put off her retirement in response to a recent Canada Post decision to shut the service down.

Erin Robb is leaving Prince George for a Vancouver dental hygiene program and she's not sure she'll ever come back.

A local business destroyed by a downtown fire in the spring is hoping to make a comeback. This week, the city announced it was selling property at 1235 Third Ave. to Homework Lifestyles Ltd. for $75,000.

The new federal government's announcement Thursday that it was moving ahead with bringing back the mandatory long-form census next year was welcomed locally by those who rely on collected data.