Local News

Before there was Prince George Pride Garth Toovey remembers meeting in basements with other gay and lesbian activists, afraid. "It was a struggle then. We didn't have this," said Toovey Saturday at the launch of the city's 18th annual pride parade.

Thursday was a scorcher but it wasn't a record setter. The high for the day reached 31.4 C, and although hot, was still short of the mark for July 9 of 32.2 C, set in 1926, according to Environment Canada.

A coroner's inquest into the fatal Babine Forest Products explosion is set to begin Monday in Burns Lake and the sister of one of the two men killed in the blast is bracing herself for the emotional impact.

A quarter-century of memories was unearthed Friday as Prince George residents gathered to see what they or their neighbours thought worth preserving in the city's 75th anniversary time capsule.

Two local men have been arrested following a break and enter at a Prince George business early Friday morning with the help of a quick response by a Prince George RCMP general duty officer and a police service dog.

Prince George RCMP have arrested two people as part of a drug trafficking investigation in the Pinewood and Southridge areas.

Nearly four days of shutting off the taps was enough of a break for the city's reservoirs to warrant lifting the watering ban. The restriction on mechanical sprinklers and unattended hoses imposed Tuesday morning was eased Friday at 5 p.m.

An outbreak of measles in northern B.C. in 2010 can be traced to a single visitor from China, according to research from scientists at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control and the University of B.C.

Long-time Exploration Place executive director Tracy Calogheros is seeking the nomination to run for the Liberals in Cariboo-Prince George in the next federal election.

Books & Company, the beloved downtown bookstore and arts mecca, has now put Prince George on the map in a new way.