Local News

A police raid of a suspected drug house has resulted in a nine-month conditional sentence for Peter Douglas Pettigrew. Pettigrew was arrested Dec. 8, 2011 when police executed a search warrant on a 1200-block Burden Street home.

A man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years probation for two counts of sexually interfering with young people. Terry Jackson, 26, is also banned from being in the presence of a child for 10 years.

A Prince George man is fighting ICBC's allegation that he was involved in damaging a pickup truck during the July 2011 Stanley Cup riot.

The Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia has presented long-service awards to three Prince George holders of the designation.

Weather permitting, six paving projects are expected to be completed over the next two weeks. Roughly 5.5 lane kilometres of Foothills Boulevard between the Foothills Bridge and north of First Avenue will be paved July 25-27.

The commemoration of the life of Elroy Garden and the dedication of Garden Drive and Garden Park takes place Friday at 10 a.m. at Garden Park for the sign unveiling.

The decision to delay awarding a contract for pay parking services downtown for two months has pleased opponents but worried some city representatives.

For the first time in an estimated 70 years, an authentic Lheidli T'enneh cottonwood canoe was launched.

A self-taught mining expert challenged the economics behind the proposed New Prosperity copper and gold mine on Tuesday as federal review hearings continued in Williams Lake.

A former municipal employee who worked at the Prince George RCMP detachment and took the stand during the trial into whether Coun. Brian Skakun breached provincial privacy legislation has dropped her wrongful dismissal suit against the city.