Local News

A live stage musical showing of the Wizard of Oz is coming to Prince George, and the role of the munchkins will be performed by 12 local youth.

Two unknown women in Prince George have been using a credit card to fraudulently obtain merchandise. Between Dec. 4 and 6 , the two have attended several Prince George retail businesses and used a credit card to purchase goods.

On Monday, the United Fisherman and Allied Workers Union, representing about 3,000 people called on all MPs to support a legislated tanker ban on B.C.'s coast, a ban which the opposition parties are pushing for in parliament.

The Child Development Centre has opened their annual gift wrap booth near the Sears entrance at Pine Centre Mall.

The Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable Society is holding an open house Wednesday evening for the public on its latest draft plan to improve air quality in the city. The open house is scheduled from 6-8 p.m.

School officials were baffled by the sudden, so far unexplained death of a Prince George child on Friday at recess. The boy was playing on the Foothills Elementary School playground when he dove for a ball.

The HEARTS Christmas dinner that became a tradition among Prince George seniors who live on their own has had to be cancelled for a second year. Tim Bennett, who established the dinner in 2000 at St.

New Democrat Leader Carole James has released the following statement: Earlier this morning I informed the Provincial Secretary of the NDP and our Caucus Chair that I will be stepping down as Leader of the Opposition and of the New Democrats.

A local roundtable discussion on crime is set to take place this week, using a dialogue technique especially designed to bring community together for action.

The BC Coroner Services has completed an autopsy of 15-year-old murder victim Loren Leslie in Kamloops, however another level of investigation has just begun.