Local News

A meat smoker tucked inside a local nightspot was the source of a fire Tuesday night. The blaze at Cowboy Ranch in the 2100 block of Queensway Street caused about $15,000 damage, Prince George Fire Rescue said.

A proposal to rezone 23 hectares in the Hart for a major residential subdivision will go to a public hearing. City council gave related bylaws for the project second reading on Monday night.

Maclean's magazine has ranked Prince George as the third most dangerous city in Canada, prompting a rebuke from Mayor Lyn Hall over the way the survey is carried out.

A seizure of guns and drugs from a Northwood Pulpmill Road home last year has led to 404 days in jail for a local man. Damian Frank Dwyer, 35, was handed the sentence in B.C.

A possible home invasion in progress was reported to local RCMP on Sunday, August 14 at 5:57 p.m. When officers arrived at the residence in the 3000 block of Spruce Street they found six males who were all arrested without incident.

A flag person working an on-road construction site in the Hart was struck by a truck and killed early Tuesday morning. Called to the scene at 6:16 a.m.

To end the summer reading program with all hands on deck the Prince George Public Library is once again hosting the ever-popular Touch a Truck event where little hands can explore big rigs, emergency vehicles, and heavy equipment like backhoes and gr

Northern Development Initiative Trust has found a new chief executive officer. Joel McKay, the agency's communications director, will step into the position Oct. 3, NDIT said Monday in a statement.

One of two men whose arrest was caught on a controversial video has been sentenced to jail time served and one year probation for possession of stolen property over $5,000.

After two months in the hospital recovering from back surgery, Patricia Coutts is leaving with a walker wishing she'd had physiotherapy to help her stand on both feet again. But staffing shortages mean the University Hospital of Northern B.C.