Local News

It was no Teddy Bear's picnic

Prince George Council of Seniors will host an event to mark World Elder Abuse Day Wednesday from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

A 29-year-old Yukon man died Sunday in a single-vehicle roll-over crash that happened about 8:05 p.m. on Highway 97 North, two km north of Salmon Valley Road.

The 2010 growing season in Prince George was launched Monday at the Downtown Community Garden by Integris Credit Union and Recycling and Environmental Action Planning Society, With help from project partners the garden at the corner of Seventh Avenue

Prince George RCMP with Search & Rescue are looking for two adult males reported missing in the Sugar Bowl Grizzly Dean area about 80 km east of Prince George.

One of two horses abandoned in McBride by lawyer Frank Mackay in the fall of 2008 will lead McBride's Pioneers Day Parade this Saturday.

Every seven minutes, a Canadian dies from heart disease or stroke even though it's now known a simple one-point reduction in cholesterol can reduce that risk by 25 per cent, according to the B.C. Heart & Stroke Foundation.

The Multicultural Heritage Society is seeking volunteers for the Celebrate Canada Festival Thursday, July 1 at Fort George Park. Assistance is needed with morning set up and unloading from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and evening take down and loading from 6 p.

B.C. Hockey will hold its annual general meeting in Prince George this month. From June 25 to 27 the governing body for amateur hockey in British Columbia will converge on our city, with a long list of agenda items already mapped out.

On Monday at 9 a.m., at Spruceland elementary school, the public will get the unveiling of a special Eagle In The City artwork. This eagle statue is part of the province-wide fundraising campaign by the BC Lions Society.