Local News

The long-dormant construction site next to the main branch of the Prince George Public Library will become the home of a 175-room Marriott Courtyard hotel, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.

The city's parking lots on Fourth Avenue adjacent to the Achillion Restaurant and off of Fifth Avenue next to the Wood Innovation and Design Centre will be closed to public parking commencing starting Wednesday.

Crown counsel has approved a charge of attempted murder against a suspect in relation to Friday's shooting outside a Prince George apartment building.

Knocked out of production by an explosion and fire in mid-March, the WestPine medium density fibreboard plant in Quesnel is to be back in operation by October By then a reengineered system, designed to prevent a similar episode, should be completed,

A Prince George man well known to the police and the courts has been sentenced Monday to 81 days in jail for a brazen attempt to steal a large-screen television out of Canadian Tire near the beginning of the year.

Downtown Prince George was the scene Tuesday morning of a horrific crash that ended with a pickup truck on its roof.

After a year offering a new mode of care to those in crisis, the organizations that brought Car 60 to Prince George are calling it a resounding success.

A day after the College of New Caledonia announced an unexpected projected surplus of $1.8 million, the province announced a further $151,600 in funding for a couple of courses.

A Prince George-based international student recruitment service is blaming School District 57 for going out of business. In a response to a civil claim, Shecana International Schools Ltd.

The B.C. Coroners Service released the name Monday of a man who died in a fire in Vanderhoof on April 23. Donald Pippy, 51, of Vanderhoof was found deceased in his Smedley Drive home.