Local News

Dr. Manpreet Tiwana has a busy year in front of him as the first clinical research fellow in radiation oncology at the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North.

Drivers should not let the blue sky and sunshine stop them from driving safely, North District RCMP traffic services Staff Sgt. Pat McTiernan is advising.

Chief librarian Alan Wilson is not about to start looking for a new home for the Prince George Public Library's books, magazines and other material following two water leaks at the Bob Harkins branch over the last few weeks.

Regan Daoust got to show off the brand new physiotherapy lab at UNBC to her fellow UBC master of physical therapy students on Friday.

As much as 15 centimetres of snow was expected to have fallen on the city by the time all was said and done Thursday and, following some holdover flurries, a reprieve was expected to follow by midmorning today.

Operation Red Nose volunteers will be out in full force again this weekend, offering safe rides home to party-goers. Twenty-six volunteer teams will be out on the road tonight while another 26 teams will be out Saturday night.

Post-secondary institutions across the north each have their own strengths and by working together they can give more students in the region the opportunity to pursue their desired career.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWTOWN, Conn. - A shooting at a U.S. school Friday left 27 people dead, including 18 children, an official said. It was one of the worst school shootings in the country's history.

Santa Claus arrived by Pacific Western Helicopters to great children from several daycares and pre-schools Friday morning. He landed in Moore's Meadow and had a visit with the children that were waiting there for him.

Santa Claus, played by local real estate agent Dan Strickland, stopped in for a visit with Helen Moffat in the Family Medicine Unit at University Hospital of Northern B.C. on Friday morning.