Local News

BC Transplant's Operation Popcorn was in full force Wednesday as donor family member Alice Graham and transplant recipient Randy Sokolowski happily delivered tins of popcorn to the University Hospital of Northern B.C.

Prince George RCMP encouraging businesses to invest in high-quality video surveillance after finding themselves relying on sub-par images to track down two men suspected of making off with $11,000 worth of jewelry from a Pine Centre store last month.

Smokers and vapers will be subject to slightly tougher restrictions on where they can light up in Prince George starting next spring.

A B.C. Supreme Court Justice is hearing a challenge to the "mandatory minimum" as part of a sentencing hearing for a former Prince George man convicted of sexually interfering with a minor.

A child died and two other people suffered second degree burns when a fire broke out Tuesday night at a home in a Valemount mobile home park, North District RCMP said. Firefighters were called to the scene at Hartman Trailer Park shortly after 10 p.

Air quality advisories for Vanderhoof and Valemount were ended Friday morning. They were first issued Wednesday morning as the stagnant winter weather created elevated pollution levels in the two communities.

Arson is the suspected cause of a fire that broke out in a 1200 block Johnson Street home early Wednesday morning. Called to the scene at 2 a.m., firefighters extinguished the blaze and the home's lone occupant, a 44-year-old woman, escaped injury.

The 22nd annual Coats for Kids campaign is once again seeking donations from community members to be delivered to any of the three locations of Spotless Eco-Friendly Dry Cleaners.

The Connaught Youth Centre Society has received a $20,000 donation from the Vanderhoof and Districts Co-op to start four new Prince George programs.

A research effort to improve disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment across the region is holding a public input session tonight at UNBC. The Northern Biobank Initiative, in its second phase with a budget of $1.