Local News

A convoy of military vehicles will rumble down Prince George streets tomorrow morning, but don't be alarmed - the city isn't being occupied. About half-dozen 20th century trucks will arrive at the Prince George Legion at 10 a.m.

The BC Coroners Service is on scene along the banks of the Fraser River following a grisly discovery at Fort George Park. Around 2 p.m.

Three people were injured in an early-morning crash on Saturday. At approximately 2 a.m. a vehicle collided with a power pole on Foothills Boulevard near Ochakwin Crescent.

A new face is looking out over downtown Prince George. It was unveiled Friday during a ceremony hosted by the 2015 Canada Winter Games committee and is part of an exterior beautification project at Canada Games House.

Surrounded by five 20-something females, James Smyth didn't have to be coaxed to sit himself down into their four-person inflatable boat for Saturday's Nechako River Float. The things a guy's gotta do. "I'm a lucky man," Smyth said.

Power was out for several hours early Saturday morning after a passing vehicle snagged a downed hydro line on the Hart Highway. BC Hydro reported about 2,680 customers were without electricity as a result of the accident at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday.

Fewer medical professionals in the north are washing their hands properly.

A Willow River family is without a home following a fire that broke out Wednesday afternoon. However, they do have house insurance, said a family relative, and the occupants escaped uninjured after a fondue caught fire at about 2 p.m.

Sawdust, wood shavings and chips, which are suspected to have played a part in two recent deadly sawmill explosions, have also fuelled dozens of fires at B.C. sawmills over the past decade.

A Prince George jury has awarded a former Burns Lake sawmill manager the largest punitive damages award in an employment law case in Canadian history. At the conclusion of a three-week trial, the jury found Babine Forest Products Inc.