Local News

Local climate change has been mapped out, with online buttons to show the various effects. The high-tech maps, built on a foundation of exhaustive scientific research, are now available to the public on the city's website at www.princegeorge.

Prince George RCMP issued 19 tickets over a two-hour span on Thursday afternoon to motorists found to be using their cellphones and other handheld devices while driving.

The Prince George Airport was the scene of a live exercise this morning.

A Prince George logging company was fined Friday for harmful alteration of fish habit along the Willow River near Giscome. Longwood Production Ltd.

A two-year limitation for filing a civil lawsuit will come into effect on June 1, 2013, the provincial government said this week.

The biggest meat recall in Canadian history now extends coast to coast, covering every province and territory, and it involves beef products shipped to Prince George. More than 1,500 meat products packed at the XL Foods Ltd.

When meat goes bad in a slaughterhouse but still manages to leave the factory for store shelves, there's a system in place to track the meat and protect the public.

While this week brought the first significant rain in months for the Dawson Creek area, farmers and ranchers say they are hoping for more before the ground freezes for winter.

Having already served 72-hour strike notice on Monday, unionized support staff at UNBC plan to walk off their jobs and set up a picket line today at the entrance to the university.

The city's real estate market continued on its rebound from the drop it suffered four years ago, according to the latest update from the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board.