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The ever-popular Celtic Thunder comes to CN Centre

The ever-popular Celtic Thunder comes to CN Centre

Always popular in Prince George, Celtic Thunder brings Legacy to CN Centre Saturday Nov. 26.
Emily Carr should go on Canadian bills, poll says

Emily Carr should go on Canadian bills, poll says

The last Prince George Citizen poll asked "Which Canadian woman would you like to see featured first on our currency?" A resounding 49 per cent of voters thought Emily Carr would make a fine choice, with 244 votes.
PWB returns to malt roots

PWB returns to malt roots

Pacific Western Brewing was the first, and now they are back in the game. The Prince George brewing company was the first in Canada to make a regular line of malt liquor.
Security footage raises concerns about RCMP use of force

Security footage raises concerns about RCMP use of force

A security video showing a police takedown in Prince George is causing a public stir over the tactics used. The video shows what appears to be the arrest of two people in a pickup truck by multiple members of the RCMP including a police dog.
Caribou Brewmasters must change name says consent order

Caribou Brewmasters must change name says consent order

A Prince George-based U-brew Caribou Brewmasters Inc. will have to change its name under a court-sanctioned consent order with beermaker Pacific Western Brewery. The order, filed Tuesday in B.C.
Legislation to make Ancient Forest a provincial park introduced

Legislation to make Ancient Forest a provincial park introduced

Following on Premier Christy Clark's announcement the day before , a bill was introduced in the provincial legislature Wednesday to designate the Ancient Forest a provincial park.
Audit calls for improvements in regional district purchasing practices

Audit calls for improvements in regional district purchasing practices

The Fraser-Fort George Regional District has some room for improvement in the way it handles day-to-day purchasing, the Auditor General of Local Government said Wednesday.
Two killed in collision east of Tete Jaune Cache

Two killed in collision east of Tete Jaune Cache

Both the driver of a commercial transport truck and of a sport utility vehicle were killed Wednesday morning in a collision on Highway 16 about four kilometres east of Tete Jaune Cache.
Anthropology in our backyards talk Tuesday

Anthropology in our backyards talk Tuesday

To find out how ebola, the oil sands, and standards of environmental and human health can affect reaction in communities, Craig Candler, director of the Firelight Group in Victoria, offers a free lecture at the University of Northern BC Tuesday from
Federal grant for mushroom research at UNBC

Federal grant for mushroom research at UNBC

As UNBC's Chow Lee and his team of researchers got a federal grant of almost $400,000 for equipment to further studies of local mushrooms as potential cancer and diabetes fighters, the professor welcomed two keen students into the lab.