Local News

Rumour has it the busiest hospital emergency room in northern B.C. is at Lakes District Hospital and Medical Centre in Burns Lake. Dr. Alan Hill believes that to be the case, and he should know.

Nine years ago, Christel Thomsen's husband had a stroke. Since then, she has had to adjust to the fact that while he is physically the same, he is no longer the same man she fell in love with and married almost 49 years ago.

The vice-president of medicine at the Northern Health Authority resigned at the end of March after an internal investigation resulted in material being turned over to the RCMP.

The Prince George RCMP are warning residents about an ongoing charity scam. An adult female is canvassing local neighbourhoods and fraudulently soliciting donations for a reputable national charity.

A Prince George resident has made royal history as the first woman to ever serve as part of the mounted unit charged with guarding the Queen and the royal family. Const. Jennifer McRae, born and raised in B.C.

Conservation officers were out in force during the Victoria Day weekend as part of a campaign to clamp down on offences in the backcountry. During the weekend, six conservation officers from three Omineca-region field offices joined forces.

Two elderly motorists whose vehicle struck a moose Wednesday night were hospitalized with head injuries. The two were travelling in a Honda Civic on the Old Cariboo Highway near Holmes Road when they hit the animal at about 10:20 p.m. Wednesday.

Two Prince George elementary school principals are retiring as of the end of the current school year, and that has created a some administrative shuffling in School District 57.

The provincial government has given utilities permission to encourage trucking companies to switch to natural gas, a move local MLA Pat Bell says will help reduce air pollution and promote a fuel produced in B.C.

May 16th, 2012 Prince George, BC Prince George RCMP Serious Crime Section investigators are now treating the suspicious death of a female found deceased at a scene on Holmes Road during the early morning hours of May 10th, 2012 as a homicide investig