Local News

A long-running tradition is set to take to the trails at Tabor Mountain. The 45th-annual Birchleg ski and snowshoeing tour will be held on Sunday, January 21, 10 a.m. start.

A 38-year-old local man turned himself in Tuesday after police issued images earlier in the day of him damaging a cash machine. The man attended the Prince George RCMP detachment shortly after police sent out the photos.

Highway 97 has been reopened seven kilometres north of 100 Mile House. A vehicle incident this morning had forced closure of the stretch for a period.

City council unanimously approved a bylaw on Monday which will give the city "some pretty serious teeth" to crack down on chronic nuisance properties. The bylaw was created in response to a notice of motion by Coun.

A Christmas Eve fire may have destroyed the main lodge of a popular fishing resort on the shore of Babine Lake but the owners are heaping accolades on their neighbours for preventing the outcome from being even worse.

A man well-known to the police and courts is at large. Cuyler Richard Aubichon, 22, is wanted on six counts of breaching probation stemming from incidents n May 18 and June 3.

A First Avenue business was the scene of a fire on Monday afternoon. Sixteen firefighters from three halls were called to Ali-Craft Boats at 355 First Ave., at about 2 p.m.

A sudden rise of water at a bend in the Nechako River is threatening homes. Sandbags and pumps have been deployed at Morning Place, where three homes have suffered flooding and a fourth is being watched closely.

Four people are in custody following a home invasion Saturday morning. Police, who were called to the scene on Vine Street shortly after 9 a.m.

A former city communications manager is the Prince George Chamber of Commerce's new chief executive officer. Todd Corrigall took on the role Monday, replacing Erika Ewacha, who stepped down at the end of November after five months on the job.