Local News

The Walk for Lupus takes place at the Northern Sports Centre at the University of Northern B.C. today at 3 p.m. Lupus compromises the immune system and thus opens the door for many Lupus sufferers to contract even more life-threatening diseases.

He was the last of the 271 graduates of UNBC's College of Science and Management to hear his name called Friday.

Cindy Blackstock had at least one good reason to be at the UNBC convocation ceremonies Friday at the Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre. She wanted to see her sister Sheila walk across the stage to pick up her degree as a master of nursing.

More than a month after a deadly explosion and fire that destroyed its sawmill and left two workers dead, Lakeland Mills announced Friday the company will be opening the adjacent planer mill for a six-week period.

The family of missing woman Madison Scott is hoping a fresh set of eyes will uncover new clues to her disappearance.

Two large trees on the east side of city hall will be removed next week. Both trees are green ashes and have lost large branches, making them hazardous. Wood from the removed trees will be given to the Prince George Turners Guild.

John Furlong never attended a university as a student, but on more than one occasion he's heard his name called at a post-secondary graduation ceremony.

The skeletal remains of a child's pelvis and 27 other bones were found washed ashore Tuesday on the beaches of Cheslatta Lake. The bones, along with many others found this spring and in previous years, are those of long deceased Cheslatta people.

BURNS LAKE -- Junior mining companies are experiencing hard times and established mining firms are also suffering but the pessimism at the Minerals North Conference comes with a strong hope for a major turnaround in the next couple of years.

The Prince George Cougars have added to their locker room a gritty forward that isn't afraid to play in the rough areas. Zach Pochiro, born in 1994, comes to Prince George from the Wichita Falls Wildcats of the North American Hockey League.