Local News

There was a buzz around the Ramada hotel June 10 at around 1 p.m. as thousands of bees swarmed outside on George Street.

The RCMP detachment, 455 Victoria Street, will be holding a vigil tonight at 9:15 to honour the fallen Moncton RCMP officers. "This event is a partnership between the detachment and the spouses of RCMP members," said RCMP spokesperson Cpl.

One man is in police custody after an early morning break and enter and search near North Nechako Road. Shortly before 6 a.m. Tuesday, Prince George RCMP responded to a report of a business on Preston Road that had been broken into.

After surviving two kinds of cancer at 14 years old, the hope would be Leora Wildi, now 18, would be well on her way to a full recovery but that's not so for her.

Today is the last day School District 57 teachers can vote as the B.C. Teachers' Federation seeks a mandate for a full-scale province-wide strike. The ballot boxes will be sent to the Prince George and District Teachers' Association before 4 p.m.

Three Prince George buildings are finalists in the Northern B.C. Commercial Building Awards. The public library's Skylab, a Wajax heavy equipment facility and the Williams Machinery building at 880 Great St. are among the 21 finalists.

The bar at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club is going to get less exclusive.

The city will take another run at handing out community grants after ending up with leftover money the first time around.

In what Mayor Shari Green called a "regressive and reactionary move," city council went ahead with the repeal of the controversial business licence fee for residential rental properties.

A pillar of the community was recognized posthumously for his work by having a park named after him Monday. Bob Martin was on council as an alderman in the 1970s and a welding instructor at the College of New Caledonia.