Local News

The Del Laverdure Memorial Golf Tournament takes place at Alder Hills, Saturday, June 12. It starts at 1 p.m. The cost is $15 for Social Club Members and one guest, and $30 for non members.

Prince George RCMP have taken down what is believed to be the largest marijuana grow operation ever discovered in B.C. About 18,000 marijuana plants, with an estimated street value of $2.

A Prince George couple is raising an alarm about a Surrey-based trucking company they allege has shortchanged a long list of owner-operators, including themselves. Phylis Thorkelson says Triple Crown Trucking Ltd.

Northern Bear Awareness Society is now up and running for another season and enouraging residents to take steps to avoid conflicts with the animals.

Interior Warehousing Ltd. is suing the City of Prince George for damages suffered during the North Central Plywood fire.

Interior Warehousing Ltd. is suing the City of Prince George for damages suffered during the North Central Plywood fire.

RCMP seized 9,000 marijuana plants from a property in the Spokin Lake area 25 kilometres east of Williams Lake on Friday. Police said the plants were found in an outbuilding built specifically for growing marijuana.

UNBC and the Christian Reformed Church are holding a plant sale and open house today from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1905 Willow St. This is the site of a new community garden that will provide food for the less fortunate in the city.

Commuters are being encourage to give pedal power a try during Bike to Work Week starting on Monday.

Nominations are now being received for the 2010 Order of British Columbia. Anyone in the community who has truly led by example qualifies to be nominated for the Order of British Columbia by any British Columbian.