Local News

The B.C. Coroners Service is urging people to to take extra care when in or around lakes, rivers and streams this long weekend. Last weekend, the Coroners Service began investigations into eight water-related deaths around B.C.

The provincial environment ministry is investigating a sulphur spike that struck downtown last night. According to the ministry's air quality index, Prince George's total reduced sulphur count hit 258 Monday.

A drunken ride on a stolen snowmobile through the Hart that ended in a collision with a parked logging truck has cost a Prince George man $6,000 in fines and restitution and the loss of his driving privileges for a year.

School maintenance staff and private contractors have been busy since classes ended in June working on capital projects to upgrade school buildings. Working within a budget of about $3.

The Prince George restaurant industry is stabilizing enough that some proprietors are considering a new version of a local professional group.

The beer and music will no longer flow from 1380 2nd Ave. BC Housing has taken over the city-owned former Cadillac Ranch and is turning it into office space.

A crew of skateboarding professionals will be showing how it's done when they hold classes at the Pine Centre Mall parking lot next Sunday. Put on by the 49 LRN2SK8 Tour, three 90-minute sessions will be held: 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m.

Canfor Pulp, the city's largest employer in the wood products sector, has changed leaders.

The Prince George Public Library's downtown walking tour program is on pace to set a participation record this year.

A local First Nation has reached a management deal with the provincial government for the Great Bear Rainforest.