Local News

The man deceased in a case being treated by RCMP as a homicide was a 47-year-old Prince George resident who was found Wednesday in the vicinity of the Blackwater Road southwest of the city.

The B.C. Liberal government said Wednesday it will spend $87 million on 51 new highway projects in northern B.C. this year.It will bring the value of ongoing highway construction in the northern area to $200 million.

A regional district budget decision has been put off until later this month. The board of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George was presented with a final budget proposal on Thursday afternoon.

An organization dedicated to defending Canadians' constitutional freedoms through "education, communication and litigation" has come to the aid of a Prince George man embroiled in a prolonged and high-profile battle with the federal government's tax

Canadian explorer and environmental filmmaker Mark Terry will present his award-winning documentary The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning on Wed., March 24 at UNBC's Canfor lecture theatre, 7 -9 p.m.

College of New Caledonia is hosting a regional Skills Canada competition on Friday for high school students interested in cabinet making and web design.

A local woman was stabbed in the 2000 block of Pine Street Tuesday at about 10 p.m. Paramedics were called to tend to the 21-year-old female victim, who was transported to the University Hospital of Northern B.C. with non-life threatening injuries.

Air quality a priority in Millar Addition

Prince George RCMP are responding to an early Wednesday call from the Blackwater area of a possible homicide. RCMP Cst. Gary Godwin, media liaison, said police have located a deceased man who appears to have been stabbed.

Trustees have a shallower hole to dig the school district out of as a result of updated budget allocation figures from the Ministry of Education. They're now looking at a shortfall of $5.