Local News

The federal government announced funding for 16 First Nations initiatives in BC related to alternative energy projects. Six of the projects are based in northern BC, four of them in the general area of Prince George.

More recycling options have come into the regional district. As of July 1, a number of stewardship programs increased the number of products they recycle.

The downturn in molybdenum prices have cost 57 local workers their jobs.

Police are on the lookout for two suspects following an armed robbery of a convenience store on Monday night. A man entered the PG Foods in the 3100 block of 15th Avenue, near Central Street East at about 8:35 p.m.

A change in the wind has brought an end to the wildfire smoke advisory.

Alleged treatment at the Prince George RCMP detachment is making up an extensive part of a second lawsuit a female Mountie has launched against the national police force.

The wheels have stopped turning, perhaps forever, at the Babine Forest Products site near Burns Lake. The sawmill portion of the complex exploded and burned in a deadly blast on Jan. 20 that is still under WorkSafeBC investigation.

One of the world's largest cargo aircraft is coming to Prince George Airport on Friday. A Russian-made Antonov-124 is scheduled to arrive at 11 a.m. (moved forward from the 1 p.m.

Below is the verbatim email Dr. Suresh Katakkar sent to patients explaining his resignation: I have resigned from BCCA since 1st June 2012.1 was unable to communicate due to the fact I was BCCA employee and legal reasons.

One of the region's largest logging companies is speaking out for the first time in favour of an area-based timber supply model instead of the current volume-based model.