Local News

One of three men convicted for their roles in a home invasion nearly one year ago was sentenced Tuesday to three years in jail.

B.C. movie theatres can now get a license to serve alcohol during screenings but it will be some time yet, if at all, before the service comes to Famous Players Prince George.

Firefighters in the Cariboo region were kept busy over the Easter long weekend responding to six human-caused wildfires. The fires ranged from spot fires to 10 hectares in size, but were quickly contained.

Quesnel's Gold Dust Mall Festival received $12,400 in federal arts and heritage grants on Tuesday. Cariboo-Prince George MP Dick Harris announced the grant to support the 21st annual festival, which runs from July 19 to July 22 in downtown Quesnel.

Prince George wears its Norwegian flag on its sleeve this spring. For the fourth time in its 57-year local history, the Sons of Norway (SON) culture and heritage group will host its regional convention in B.C.'s northern capital.

Michael George Campbell was sentenced Tuesday to time served plus one day for assaulting a local woman.

After hearing there was a gap in programming for a segment of teenagers in Prince George, the Family YMCA has launched a new summer program.

Details are few but police confirm a body has been located in a wooded area off of Foothills near Fifth Avenue. Investigators are at the scene now, and statements are expected later today.

BC Parks is now accepting applications for its new leadership program, Get Outside BC. After a successful pilot in 2011, the government is touting the program as the first of its kind in Canada.

After five years studying health sciences concepts and procedures in the classrooms of UNBC, Virginia Russell has wasted no time putting that knowledge to work in remote rural northern B.C.