Local News

An Alberta man sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail for an attack in McBride on a gay blind man has won a partial victory from the B.C. Court of Appeal.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, 700 pounds of potatoes were delivered Tuesday to the Salvation Army and the St. Vincent de Paul Society, courtesy of inmates at the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre (PGRCC).

A lengthy public hearing on a potential expansion of Queensway's Cowboy Ranch pitted employees, regular patrons and other business owners against the pub's immediate neighbours on Monday night.

Eligible clients can now receive up to double the amount of family-related legal advice through an over-the-phone service offered by the provincial government.

Winter tires are now required on many highways across the province. Until March 31, passenger vehicles traveling almost all highways in northern B.C. will need tires rated for at least "mud and snow," marked with M+S on the sidewall.

Debby Ethier was the winner of the second early-bird prize in the Hospice Society's Dream Home Lottery.

The College of New Caledonia's board of governors will consider a two-per-cent increase to tuition at its next board meeting. The board, which received a motion from the college for the increase on Friday, will make a decision on Nov. 28.

A new program is underway in the Prince George region to foster innovation in the north, especially for the north.

Two UNBC professors and an alumnus collaborated for a recently published book entitled Mental Illness in the Workplace.

A Burns Lake woman was "heavily intoxicated with alcohol" when her vehicle slammed into a fully-loaded tractor-trailer on a snow-covered Highway 16 last winter, a coroner has said. Leigh St. Jean, 43, died at the scene on Nov. 20, 2013.