Local News

Six leadership candidates for the province's Liberal party gathered in Prince George Saturday to address the concerns of people in northern B.C. and the Interior regions worried about the future of the natural resource sector.

Salmon returns just keep getting worse on the Fraser River. End-of-season estimates show that fewer than 3.6 million pink salmon have returned to the Fraser, less than half the median pre-season forecast of 8.

Green Party leader Andrew Weaver says he won't bring down the new NDP government if it chooses to continue construction of the Site C dam.

A Prince George man and woman are under investigation after Vanderhoof RCMP seized a "significant" amount of drugs late Monday night. A vehicle parked outside a closed business at about 11:30 p.m.

The city's unemployment rate stood at 5.2 per cent in October, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers released Friday. That's down 1.

A Prince George family has continued their tradition of making donations to College of New Caledonia in memory of their son.

Radio plays performed for a live studio audience are an old concept enjoying a new wave.

Candidates running for city council will have to "work a little bit harder" to raise funds for their election campaigns with new election-financing rules coming into effect but should have little impact otherwise, Mayor Lyn Hall says.

B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Andrew Wilkinson says he will establish an office for the premier and cabinet in Prince George if he emerges as head of the next provincial government.

A major expansion of the city's mausoleum is in the works as the number of spots in the existing building is close to running out.