Local News

Do you have a Christmas light display you're proud of and wish the whole city could see? The Citizen is compiling a list of homes with fabulous festive displays, which will appear - along with a map - in Saturday's edition of the paper and online at

Two Prince George Crown prosecutors will become provincial court judges in the new year. Both Susan Mengering and Cassandra Malfair will be sworn in Jan. 9 and remain based in Prince George, the B.C. Provincial Court said Tuesday.

A 33-year-old Dawson Creek man and a 32-year-old Spruce Grove, Alberta woman are in custody, suspected of passing counterfeit American cash in Prince George.

Two Prince George Crown prosecutors will become provincial court judges in the new year. Both Cassandra Malfair and Susan Mengering will be sworn in Jan. 9 and remain based in Prince George, the B.C. Provincial Court said Tuesday.

A Dawson Creek woman is in custody and police are on the lookout for two more people in relation to a series of pickup truck thefts.

High concentrations of fine particulate matter have prompted the Ministry of Environment to issued an air quality advisories for Prince George, Vanderhoof, Burns Lake, Houston and Valemount.

Prince George RCMP delivered Monday a cube van full of non-perishable food and over $3,600 in cash and gift cards to the Prince George Council of Seniors Christmas hamper program - the result of the "pack-a-police car" effort earlier this month.

Arson is the suspected cause of a fire early Saturday morning at a Hart Highlands home - the scene of a blaze for the second time in three days. Called to the 2800 block of Nixon Crescent at 12:30 a.m.

The freeze gripping Prince George won't be quite as deep as Environment Canada first forecast, for the time being at least.

Four drivers made the wrong choice and had their privileges revoked after having too much to drink before getting behind the wheel, according to Prince George RCMP numbers from the weekend.