Local News

The Christmas CounterAttack campaign against driving while impaired is up and running. RCMP conducted a road check Friday afternoon on Fifth Avenue between Tabor and Ospika. They plan to keep the pace up during the holiday season.

The Prince George Hospice Society will have a new executive director in the new year. Donna Flood will take over from Donalda Carson on Jan. 5.

A controversy over the way the annual general meeting for the Theatre North West Society was conducted has landed in B.C. Supreme Court.

An icy road was a contributing factor in the death of a 70-year-old New Hazelton woman, one of the victims in the rash of fatalities along Highway 16 last winter, according to a corner's report on the incident.

The conclusion of the 2015 Canada Winter Games will allow those living in apartment buildings to get in on the recycling program. A announcement Thursday morning at the Civic Centre unveiled the plan to expand the recycling service next spring.

Operation Red Nose will be back on the roads tonight and tomorrow, offering a second weekend of safe rides home.

Local businesses looking for an inroad into major natural resource projects will have their chance in January. Initiatives Prince George is hosting its third annual Market Expansion Forum Jan.

The Prince George Community Foundation handed out over $61,000 to local groups and causes this year. Recipients were Central B.C.

A 24-year-old man is in custody following a rash of property crimes on Thursday morning. Prince George RCMP said it began some time around 6 a.m.