Local News

The Prince George RCMP are warning local businesses to keep an eye out for fake bills following a recent rash of counterfeit currency reports.

Prince George real estate agent Ken Laursen has been elected president of the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board for the 2014-2015 term.

Police have arrested a man who failed to show up for a first appearance hearing this week in Prince George provincial court. Broderick Dylan Marshall, 19, was taken into custody late Thursday afternoon, Prince George RCMP Cpl.

One of two local lottery winners has stepped forward. Fred Greene, 60, matched five out of six numbers plus the bonus number on the February 22nd Lotto 6/49 draw to win $249,807.30. Greene came forward Thursday with the winning ticket.

Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Minister Shirley Bond defended WorkSafeBC's record in question period Thursday as the opposition NDP accused the agency of dysfunction after a bungled investigation into a fatal mill explosion in Burns Lake.

A 2007 agreement with B.C.'s solicitor general to give WorkSafeBC investigators special powers requires them to know how to conduct interviews and seize evidence so it can stand up in court.

Spruceland Elementary School is closed today due to a burning smell and substantial smoke in the building, school district superintendent Brian Pepper said.

The provincial government has awarded a $3.6-million contract to resurface about 30 kilometres of Highway 16 east of Smithers. Green Roads Recycling Ltd.

Construction and education firms in Prince George will soon get an inside look at some of the leading business technologies used in these fields.

The snow pack in the upper Fraser River basin remains elevated but it's not quite time to panic yet. As of March 1, the level was 137 per cent of normal, according to the latest B.C. River Forecast Centre survey.