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Collision east of Purden proves fatal

Collision east of Purden proves fatal

A 56-year-old McBride man was killed Thursday afternoon on Highway 16 just east of the Purden Ski Resort when a semi tractor pulling a trailer collided with the pickup truck he was driving.
Northern Health holds photo caption contest

Northern Health holds photo caption contest

Northern Health is kicking off 2014 with an online contest aimed at promoting healthy living.

Lost Lake group finds a way

The Lost Lake Trails Committee is now ready to make an official proposal to protect the wetland area in the Beaverly neighbourhood,, according to leading organizer Doug Beckett. "(We're) currently setting the stage to apply to the B.C.

Professor to share expertise on cancer

UBC urological science professor Richard Wassersug will give a free talk later this month about how to access trustworthy information about cancer.

In your words

Need a little fun in your day? Being left out of the water cooler talk or shunned in the lunchroom? Do your kids and your dog look at you as if to wonder how you even put your pants on in the morning? Worry no more as you can be the bubbly centre of

Conditional sentence issued for grow op

A provincial court judge has decided on an 18-month conditional sentence for one of two men charged with running a marijuana grow op in an isolated section of the industrial area east of Queensway. Brent Alexander Burton, 28, was issued the term Dec.

IPG holds second market expansion forum

Staff from major corporations will soon be gathered in the same room with local businesses interested in earning their business. It is the second time Initiatives Prince George has held a market expansion forum centred on procurement opportunities.
Outage strikes around Chief Lake Road

Outage strikes around Chief Lake Road

Nearly 2,000 B.C. Hydro customers in the Prince George area were without power for at least part of Thursday due to heavy, wet snow collecting on trees and forcing branches on to power lines.

Power outages blamed on snow, smart meters

An Upper Fraser resident is pinning part of the blame for an ongoing string of extended power outages in the area on the new smart meters B.C. Hydro has installed.

Local judges thumb noses at feds

Prince George provincial court judges have joined colleagues elsewhere across Canada in doing an end run around the Harper government's new mandatory surcharge to fund victim services. As of Oct.