Local News

The amount of timber allowed to be logged each year in the Lakes Timber Supply area, in the heart of the pine beetle epidemic in north-central B.C., has bee significantly reduced by B.C.'s chief forester.

Researchers at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) have made a long sought-for technical breakthrough in gene splicing that has potential long-term implications for the struggle to understand genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis,

A major technological advance that divides the deaf community is the Cochlear Implant.

Partially closed 75 km west of Prince George, Highway 16 could be fully reopened by early next week, according to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

The northeastern corner of the Prince George Fire Centre region saw some fire action this week, responding to 13 lightning-caused blazes started Thursday. All the fire were started in the Fort Nelson zone, the largest reaching 20 hectares.

A valuable piece of industrial equipment has been stolen. Thieves targeted a diesel welder on a trailer parked in the front yard of a property in the 1500 block of Pearson Avenue.

The Assembly of First Nations chiefs, a national aboriginal body, has joined the Tsilhqot'in Nation in opposing Taseko Mine's revamped proposal to build the $1-billion Prosperity gold and copper mine in central B.C.

Several forest roads and recreation sites have been closed because of flooding in northeast B.C. The Johnson Creek Forest Service Road near Moberly Lake is closed, as well as Fisher Creek and Silver Sands roads west of Chetwynd.

On July 13 at approximately 5 a.m., RCMP received a report of a stolen all-terrain vehicle on Foreman Road in the northeast corner of Prince George.

West Fraser said Thursday it has reached an agreement to sell its shut-down Eurocan site in northern B.C. to Kitimat LNG, a consortium headed by Apache Canada that plans to build a $3-billion liquified natural gas plant in Kitimat.