Local News

Residents who are looking at thousands of dollars in extra taxes for sanitary sewer service made their case Thursday night for grant money.

Sandra DaSilva is the new owner of the Hospice Dream Home lottery grand prize worth $480,000 and got the keys to her new 2,754 square-foot home at 7648 Stillwater Crescent Thursday afternoon.

The B.C. Nurses' Union said patient overcrowding at Prince George's hospital has reached appalling levels. "It was very distressing," said Christine Sorensen of her visit to the University Hospital of Northern B.C last week.

It's not over. Another 5 to 10 cm will likely fall by Friday morning, according to an Environment Canada report updated Thursday afternoon. Take care while driving. Visibility may be reduced by heavy snowfall at times.

Four men are each facing a charge of first degree murder in the death of a man whose body was found in a Prince George home two-and-a-half years ago.

A 31-year-old man was killed Thursday morning when the pick up truck he was driving collided with a commercial vehicle on Highway 16 two km west of Fraser Lake.

Prince George RCMP will hold a press conference this afternoon to provide an update on a historical homicide investigation. Keep an eye on The Citizen web site for further details.

A high school reunion for those who attended Prince George Secondary School between 1960 and 1965 will be held Sept. 18-19 but students who attended the school in other years are also invited. The reunion will be held at the Coast Inn of the North.

Snowfall in the amounts of 10 to 15 cm is expected today. The Pacific warm front is predicted to bring at times heavy snowfall to the Central Interior.

North District RCMP on the lookout for drunk drivers on the region's highways stand to save plenty of time processing their suspects for the next few weeks, thanks to the recent arrival of Alexa's Bus.