Local News

The body of a female has been recovered by Vanderhoof RCMP, Ft. St. James RCMP and Conservation Service, police announced Sunday morning. One 20-year-old male is in custody pending investigation and identification of the deceased.

Santa Claus made a big entrance at Pine Centre Mall Saturday, coming in on a fire truck before making his way through the mall. Claus then took part in a parade, led by bagpipers playing Christmas music.

The Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable Society will be making a presentation to Prince George city council tonight, providing an update on the society and also requesting for $70,000 in funding.

The Nechako Lakes riding will continue to benefit from Community Gaming Grants, announced the area's MLA John Rustad on Friday.

The Prince George Citizen has a new voice as Sylvie Paillard begins her role as the newspaper's managing editor.

School board trustee Lois Boone may be stepping down because she's tired of doing the government's "dirty work," but Liberal MLA Pat Bell isn't holding the statement against her.

Regional speakers are making a pipeline tour to provide information about pipelines and oil spills to communities along the proposed Enbridge Northern Pipeline and Tanker route, starting tonight in Prince George at the University of British Columbia.

Saying she's "serious, focussed and here to win," current school board trustee and former provincial MLA Lois Boone accepted Saturday the nomination to run for the New Democratic Party in the now-vacated Prince George-Peace River federal riding.

The law firm that won a $49-million settlement for Hollinger shareholders is organizing a class action lawsuit on behalf of those holding stock in Taseko Mines Ltd. following the mysterious drop in the company's share price last month.

The Deaf Children's Society in Prince George has changed its name to The Northern BC Children and Families Hearing Society. "We are celebrating the society's change of name to one that better reflects our mandate," said Julie MacMillan, president.