Local News

The families most affected by the Babine Forest Products mill explosion are not satisfied with the provincial prosecutor's decision to not lay charges.

The region's industrial engine is revving so much for a southern interior service company that they are now also a Prince George company. Hoban Equipment Ltd.

An avalanche has closed Highway 16 East near Mount Robson. The slide is on Shale Hill and is about 400 metres wide, North District RCMP Cst. Lesley Smith said in a statement issued late Monday morning.

The new collective agreement between the city and their unionized staff is one of lowest municipal settlements in B.C., according to a national advocacy group.

Between 115 and 160 academics, health care professionals, community leaders and First Nations delegates attended a two-day forum discussing the cumulative impacts of natural resource development in the North.

Giscome Elementary school will be closed today as a result of a power outage. The school experienced several power outages over the weekend, and as of 5 p.m.

Prince George RCMP are investigating the theft of tires and rims from vehicles parked at the UNBC student residence over Friday night.

A record number of passengers passed through Prince George airport last year. The count reached 426,709, the Prince George Airport Authority said Friday, 8,120 more than the previous record, set in 2012.

Parking will be at premium at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. for the rest of the winter.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has reduced by four years the sentence for a Prince George man in prison for a violent crime spree.