Local News

For some people, the effects of polio can last a lifetime

A man has been sentenced to 156 days in jail for dangerous driving causing bodily harm. Dwayne Allen Gibbons was issued the term Friday in provincial court for a March 10 incident in Vanderhoof.

CNC's Prince George campus will be welcoming new students next week. Daytime classes starting before 5 p.m. will be cancelled Sept. 3 for program orientation sessions and a Toonie barbecue.

A theft from a Spruceland Mall jewelry store has led to a 355-day sentence for the culprit. Alexander Charles Joseph was issued the term Friday in Prince George provincial court for theft over $5,000.

To pay or not to pay? That is the question members of council will be mulling over Wednesday night when they meet as a committee of the whole to discuss the city's return to pay parking downtown. The meeting, beginning at 6 p.m.

Initiatives Prince George is seeking candidates to participate in a study designed to improve local businesses' chances of retaining their employees.

July proved to be a big month for construction in the city of Prince George. More than $38 million worth of building permits were issued last month, almost $29 million more than July 2012.

The smell of pumpkin zested the air at Pacific Western Brewery on Thursday. It is fermenting in the blend of yeast, hops and grain that will, by Monday, produce PWB's first-ever batch of pumpkin brew.

A breastfeeding mother who was asked by a mall customer service employee to leave the play area of Pine Centre Mall gathered together a group of nursing mothers and staged a "nurse-in" protest Saturday afternoon that resulted in a change in the mall'

A little more than two years after taking the helm of Prince George Fire Rescue, chief John Lane has left his post with the city. Deputy chief John Iverson was named as his interim replacement.