Local News

A 32-year-old Prince Rupert man failed to evade police by hiding in the bathroom of a local elementary school late Thursday morning.

Two people were killed Friday morning in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 16 west of Prince George. The two were in a sport utility vehicle that collided with a work truck, witnesses told RCMP, who were called to the scene at 8:50 a.m.

A 66-year-old man turned himself into police after allegedly giving three people a scare Thursday morning by brandishing a handgun while walking by them as they waited in front of a local hotel.

Two men arrested during a drug-related takedown in College Heights nearly two-and-a-half years ago were issued conditional sentences Thursday with one of them warned he came close to being forced to serve his term behind bars.

The timber supply in the Mackenzie Timber Supply Area is being reviewed by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

When city council votes on the snow control budget next Wednesday, it will include a nearly $1 million boost over the previous year.

Operation Red Nose volunteers will be out on the road tonight and Saturday night. It will be the first of two of nine nights when they will be acting as designated drivers for holiday season revelers.

The Prince George school district is set to become the 15th in B.C. with a specific policy addressing sexual orientation.

Unionized staff rejected the latest offer from the City of Prince George on Friday. In a vote conducted by the B.C. Labour Relations Board, 82 per cent of CUPE local 399 and local 1048 members voted against accepting the package.

Prince George RCMP are suspecting a stolen truck was used to make off with a trailer holding a snowmobile.