Local News

Jon Melby, an airshow pilot for the last 35 years, will perform during Quesnel's Skyfest July 31 to Aug. 2.

Off-road vehicle owners have been given an extra five months to register their ATVs and dirtbikes, and will have the option of using a numbered sticker rather than a licence plate. The new deadline is now Nov.

A local woman is upset Prince George RCMP impounded the car of her out-of-town relatives after it was seen going through a school zone Thursday morning at more than 40 km/h over the posted speed limit.

In the mid 1940s I was about 10 years old and my father was a printer/linotype operator at The Citizen. The paper was published on Mondays and Thursday at that time.

A Prince George provincial court judge has ordered a local homeowner to pay out more than $14,000 to a man who carried out renovations on his house after finding a counterclaim he had filed was entirely without merit.

A local artist is taking organizers of the 2015 Canada Winter Games and three Prince George automobile dealerships to small claims court over their use of images she designed for the event.

Highway 97 will be closed 27 km. north of Prince George from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today so a crew can perform maintenance work on the Wright Creek Bridge, according to the Ministry of Transportation's DriveBC service. No detour will be available.

The Little Bobtail Lake fire is now 45 per cent contained. The weather forecast that sees a chance of erratic winds is a concern today.

University of Northern B.C.'s non-faculty staff have ratified a five-year collective agreement. The two sides worked collaboratively, said CUPE 3799 president Caroline Sewell.

A $7.84-million contract has been awarded to Jakes Construction of Chilliwack to widen Highway 97 to four lanes between Dragon Lake Road and Quartz Road south of Quesnel, the provincial government said Friday.