Local News

Friday Nights at Cafe Voltaire, at Books and Company, 1685 Third Ave., will feature a concert with Denny Straussfogel at 8 p.m. Friday.

On March 1 Smithers RCMP responded to a call from a trailer in the Laidlaw Trailer Park where an unresponsive man was suffering from stab wounds. The 30-year-old was taken to hospital where he underwent surgery, but died a short time later.

Former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm will be in Prince George next week to drum up support for a province-wide petition against the harmonized sales tax. Vander Zalm will speak at a rally set for Weldwood Theatre (7-238) at UNBC, 7 p.m. start.

The deadline is fast approaching for nominations for awards to be presented during a "double grand gala celebration" of residential and commercial construction in northern B.C.

For the third year in a row the CN Centre has been nominated for the Major Facility of the Year in the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Award for facilities under 8,000 seats.

A production team from CBC's Dragon's Den will be in town March 11 looking for the next big thing.

The Safari family will revisit Pine Centre Mall in Prince George with live critters that do not contravene any city bylaws.

Terasen's plans for a call-centre in Prince George will go ahead after the the natural gas provider agreed to the B.C. Utilitiies Commission conditions for approval. The Vancouver-based utility made the announcement this afternoon.

Williams Lake RCMP are searching for Wade Frank, 21. Police there said Frank is wanted on an outstanding warrant "for assault stemming from an incident that occurred in Williams Lake" in November.

Prince George RCMP were called to an assault incident in the 1900 block of Upland Street at a 12:25 p.m. Monday.