Local News

Three people are each facing 10 charges following Monday's botched home invasion in Blackburn.

Crystal Reierson paints a snow sculpture of a bonfire she created at the bottom of the events sign at CN Centre Wednesday afternoon. The sculpture will welcome athletes and visitors to CN Centre.

A record-tying 52,500 people were holding down jobs in Prince George in January, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers released Friday. It was also the 11th-straight month the number employed remained above the 50,000 mark.

Students at the College of New Caledonia held a forum Thursday criticizing provincial cuts to adult basic education that could see the college charging new fees starting May.

Residents who are looking at thousands of dollars in extra taxes for sanitary sewer service made their case Thursday night for grant money.

Sandra DaSilva is the new owner of the Hospice Dream Home lottery grand prize worth $480,000 and got the keys to her new 2,754 square-foot home at 7648 Stillwater Crescent Thursday afternoon.

The B.C. Nurses' Union said patient overcrowding at Prince George's hospital has reached appalling levels. "It was very distressing," said Christine Sorensen of her visit to the University Hospital of Northern B.C last week.

It's not over. Another 5 to 10 cm will likely fall by Friday morning, according to an Environment Canada report updated Thursday afternoon. Take care while driving. Visibility may be reduced by heavy snowfall at times.

Four men are each facing a charge of first degree murder in the death of a man whose body was found in a Prince George home two-and-a-half years ago.

A 31-year-old man was killed Thursday morning when the pick up truck he was driving collided with a commercial vehicle on Highway 16 two km west of Fraser Lake.