Local News

Renovations are expected to start soon on Terasen's new customer care centre in Prince George which will employ 100 people when it is opens in Jan. 2012.

Prince George's own Jamie Scott is making her way to Toronto to compete for a crown at the Miss Teen Canada World 2010 pageant.

A house well known to police as a crack shack and a squatters refuge went up in smoke early Thursday.

On Monday, a paperback was returned to the Prince George Public Library, exactly 33 years and four months after it was first due.

The Prince George RCMP Drug unit seized $17,000 worth of drugs from a local residence Wednesday. The unit executed a warrant under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act at a residence in the 3000 block of Westwood Drive. For more, see the Citizen.

A University of Northern British Columbia professor will be acknowledged this fall for his research on the mountain pine beetle. Dezene Huber will be awarded the C.

Barkerville's 2010 season will be sponsored by two of the biggest names in the north-central interior business community.

B.C.'s Lieutenant Governor Steven Point, who's also a member of the Sto:lo nation will address those gathered for the annual Rose Prince Pilgrimage in Lejac tomorrow at 7 p.m.

Prince George's very own Jaymie Derksen took home the title of Miss Northern B.C. at the Miss B.C. 2010 competition. Fort Langley's Tara Teng was the overall winner, when she was crowned Miss B.C.

In light of the current heat wave, BC SPCA is reminding people to leave their animals at home as high temperatures pose a risk to pets.