Local News

In a town fired up about the arts, a downtown blaze has drawn public attention to the value of its culture.

Environment Canada has issued a warning for a severe thunderstorm 25 kilometres southwest of the city. The event is moving northeast towards Prince George at about 35 km/h and it is capable of producing strong wind gusts, hail and heavy rain.

While progress continues in controlling the Little Bobtail Lake fire, which is 65 per cent contained, there are now reports of five new wildfires in the Prince George Fire Centre.

Crews have made significant progress on containing a major forest fire southwest of Prince George but not enough to completely calm the fears of property owners in the area.

Citizen staff The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is urging drivers to watch out for cyclists as more and more of them take to the roads with summer nearing.

The suspension of activities at Endako's molybdenum mine has caused a significant employment crunch in the nearby town of Fraser Lake. To help affected miners and related professionals through this indefinite period, the B.C.

Jon Melby, an airshow pilot for the last 35 years, will perform during Quesnel's Skyfest July 31 to Aug. 2.

Off-road vehicle owners have been given an extra five months to register their ATVs and dirtbikes, and will have the option of using a numbered sticker rather than a licence plate. The new deadline is now Nov.

A local woman is upset Prince George RCMP impounded the car of her out-of-town relatives after it was seen going through a school zone Thursday morning at more than 40 km/h over the posted speed limit.

In the mid 1940s I was about 10 years old and my father was a printer/linotype operator at The Citizen. The paper was published on Mondays and Thursday at that time.