Local News

A former girlfriend of Cody Allan Legebokoff testified Thursday during the trial for the young man accused of murdering a teenage girl and three women.

The search for a man missing in Ness Lake has been postponed by the Prince George RCMP. "We're hoping conditions improve or other arrangements can be made," said RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Craig Douglass.

Lightning was deemed as responsible for more than 1,200 BC Hydro customers losing power in the northern part of the city Thursday afternoon. According to the utility, some power was restored shortly before 2 p.m.

The City of Prince George announced Insp. Warren Brown will be the new officer in charge of the Prince George RCMP detachment on Wednesday. Brown is currently commander of the Williams Lake detachment.

Work is underway to convert Fourth Avenue downtown from one-way to two-way traffic. Downtown Prince George and the City of Prince George hope the change will also help transform the retail environment along the main downtown route.

A special boy is missing his special dog. Boss, a loyal Yorkie, has been following around his favourite fella's wheelchair since both were just pups.

Downtown will be getting a facelift thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Northern Development Initiative Trust.

L.C. Gunn Park reopened Wednesday, one week after a deliberately set fire raged in the area.

Construction on the new local home of the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) will be made official today.

After two years of holding steady, the city's crime severity index score is going down. According to numbers released by Statistics Canada Wednesday, Prince George now sits at 18th out of the 304 communities with a population larger than 10,000.