Local News

Two people suspected of passing counterfeit currency have been arrested and charged and nearly $12,000 worth of fake Canadian and American bills have been seized, Prince George RCMP said Tuesday.

Highway 16 East has been reopened to single-lane alternating traffic, according to an update from DriveBC, following a collision this morning near McBride. The stretch had been closed to traffic, and without detour, since shortly after 10 a.m.

In an announcement in Surrey, the Ministry of Health announced that the Northern Health region will see a 70 per cent increase in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams, the highest proportional increase of any health authority.

To the chagrin of some of its neighbours, the Cowboy Ranch Restaurant on Queensway and La Salle Ave will be cooking up steaks a little later on weekends. The restaurant is currently divided into an 80-seat pub and a 170-seat restaurant.

Local pulp mills are having trouble getting enough rail cars to get their product to market.

Local artist and author Jae Waller will be launching her new young adult fantasy novel series, set in a world resembling colonial-era northern B.C.

Seniors with no insurance coverage can get free dental procedures during the Give Back Smile Back initiative offered by Family Dental Care April 14 and 15, during national Oral Health Month.

Drivers are being urged to be cautious when they take to the roads this Easter long weekend.

Get ready to hit the slope - April 21 has been declared Climb for Cancer Day. That's when teams and individuals will take to the cutbank to raise money for Canadian Cancer Society's Kordyban Lodge.

A man was killed and a woman critically injured when their snowmobile crashed near Vanderhoof on Sunday evening, RCMP said.