Local News

The campaign to fight the HST led by former-premier Bill Vander Zalm has targeted three ridings in Vancouver Island in the first round of recalls, but central B.C. is also on the list.

Day one of the Salvation Army Kettle Campaign had a total of $2,037 with half of the 16 kettles manned.

A Christmas Candlelight Walk will be held Nov. 28 to commemorate the first Sunday of Advent which celebrates the coming birth of Jesus on Christmas. The event begins with a pot luck dinner at 5 p.m.

The B.C. Liberal Party has set a Feb. 12 vote to change the party's constitution to introduce a preferential ballot system to elect Premier Gordon Campbell's successor, which could give northern Liberals a bigger say in choosing a leader.

The Lheidli T'enneh First Nation will decide this Saturday in a referendum whether they will vote again on a treaty with the B.C. and federal governments rejected in 2007.

It no longer costs B.C. parents one penny to travel or stay in Vancouver when sick children have to go to BC Children's Hospital.

When Prince George RCMP activated a Search and Rescue team Nov. 15, along Highway 97 South near Red Rock, searchers located the body of 22-year-old Trevor Cooper of Williams Lake.

The city is hosting an open house this Thursday evening to give the public a chance to review and comment on the community park planned for the old Duchess Park secondary school site.

Prince George RCMP Community Policing was thrilled with the community response to the Prince George Gang Crime Summit that was held at the Ramada Hotel Nov. 1 and 2.

The YMCA of Prince George would like to invite Prince George and area residents to celebrate children on Saturday in the name of National Child's Day.