Local News

Prince George RCMP will hold a press conference this afternoon to provide an update on a historical homicide investigation. Keep an eye on The Citizen web site for further details.

A high school reunion for those who attended Prince George Secondary School between 1960 and 1965 will be held Sept. 18-19 but students who attended the school in other years are also invited. The reunion will be held at the Coast Inn of the North.

Snowfall in the amounts of 10 to 15 cm is expected today. The Pacific warm front is predicted to bring at times heavy snowfall to the Central Interior.

North District RCMP on the lookout for drunk drivers on the region's highways stand to save plenty of time processing their suspects for the next few weeks, thanks to the recent arrival of Alexa's Bus.

The Commercial Vehicle and Safety Enforcement officer who died in a collision late Sunday night on Highway 5 was Toni Kristinsson, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure said Wednesday.

UNBC faculty held a rally and information session Wednesday, highlighting bargaining items that have stalled negotiations and answering student questions about the possibility of a strike.

The weather is a fickle friend, as the Weather Network predicted Tuesday that Prince George should expect an accumulation of up to 50 cm of snow over the next four days.

The head of the organization that administers legal aid in B.C. largely agrees with some sharp words a Prince George provincial court judge has had for one aspect of the way the sentencing of aboriginal offenders is handled.

The city's population took a dip last year, according to new estimates from BC Stats but the numbers are best guesses, stressed UNBC professor Greg Halseth, who is the Canada Research Chair in rural and small town studies.

VICTORIA -- The scene inside a Cormorant Street apartment on the afternoon of Aug. 3, 2011, was chaotic and frightening, a B.C. Ambulance paramedic testified Tuesday at Joshua Bredo's first-degree murder trial in B.C. Supreme Court.