Local News

The University of Northern British Columbia's main convocation will be held Friday. The ceremonies begin at 9 a.m.

Isobel Mackenzie, Canada's first seniors advocate and only a few weeks into the job, was at the town hall meeting at the Elder Citizens Recreation Centre Wednesday afternoon to field concerns from the 100 or so seniors in the room.

The chief of a former Treaty 6 First Nation will be holding a meeting in Prince George on Saturday to organize efforts to have the band reinstated.

Ness Lake Bible Camp is a summer adventureland for thousands of kids from all over the region. It is one of the best-equipped camps in northern B.C., with buildings, toys, tools and staff dedicated to youth having a spirit-boosting time.

It's Sun Awareness Week June 2 to 8 and the Canadian Dermatology Association wants to help educate Canadians about the dangers of sun exposure to reduce the incidence of skin cancer in the country.

A contingent of Prince George politicians will meet with their local government counterparts from across the country in Niagara Falls this weekend.

RCMP are investigating the death of a 59-year-old American man who was the victim of a shooting incident in a remote area south of Houston.

City hall is hoping a new program will cover up some of Prince George's more unsightly decorations.

A Prince George man pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing a local credit union branch.

The city's public schools will be behind picket lines today as the teachers' province-wide campaign of rotating one-day strikes reaches Prince George.