Local News

The City of Prince George is facing a $3.13 million budget shortfall going into the 2012 budget year, according to city financial planning supervisor Kris Dalio.

With nominations closed, election season is in full swing and candidates got right into the fray with their first all-candidates' meeting Saturday afternoon.

A prominent union leader was in Prince George on Tuesday to role out a campaign to encourage consumers to spend more of their money at locally-owned and operated businesses.

The girls volleyball players at Cedars Christian Eagles celebrated Saturday after winning the PGSS Junior A Volleyball tournament for Grade 10s. Cedars won a three-game thriller in the final over North Peace.

Dr. Gwynne Dyer has postponed his November speaking tour of Northern B.C. Scheduled to speak in Prince George Wednesday, Nov. 16 and Vanderhoof Thursday, Nov.

The Punjabi Student Association at UNBC will be held Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Northern Undergraduate Student Centre.

Prince George RCMP Supt. Eric Stubbs left city council Monday night without a commitment to fund the five-member Downtown Enforcement Unit.

The wave pool at the Aquatic Centre is closed until further notice, due to an equipment malfunction.

Bess Bowman can be remembered as a Prince George pioneer, a occasional fun-loving entertainer and one of its warmest Welcome Wagon greeters. A prominent, long time member of the community, Bowman passed away Oct. 7 at the age of 88.

The latest bout of the city's underworld violence endangered the lives of a dumbfounded Quentin Avenue resident and his children Monday night.