Local News

The Prince George Public Library will be a littler cooler Monday morning - and not just because of some new releases.

A 56-year-old Houston man was pronounced dead at the scene Monday morning after the pickup truck he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer unit on Highway 16 east of Topley.

Compared to the rest of the province, residents of northern B.C. have a significantly higher risk of getting lung cancer and slightly more likely to develop colorectal cancer.

Cancer rates Following are the age standardized cancer rates for 2009 in the Northern Health region as compared to all of B.C. All cancers - incidence rate (per 100,000 people) Northern Health - 403; B.C.

Securing enough timber to rebuild Babine Forest Products will take some shuffling, provincial Jobs Minister Pat Bell said Friday during an update on the campaign to soften the blow Burns Lake has suffer with the loss of the community's main employer.

Fans of operatic vocal stylings will have to wait an extra day for their live music fix. Due to a scheduling conflict, The Canadian Tenors have moved the date of their Prince George performance at CN Centre from Wednesday, May 23 to Thursday, May 24.

It seems Harwin elementary school has gone to the dogs. And all those canines, cats, rabbits, and an assortment of other animal species stand to benefit from an SPCA pet toy and food drive spearheaded by a group of Harwin students.

The campaign to convert the old Rustad sawmill into a trades training school is continuing.

A Calgary company is looking at Crown land near Summit Lake as a possible location for a plant to make a widely used ingredient in commercial fertilizers. Channel West Partners Inc.

Fort St. James RCMP will have access to the latest thermographic imaging technology, thanks to a grant from the B.C Civil Forfeiture program.