Local News

A Mountie on Highway 16 was flagged down by a parked motorist as the police officer travelled past the Sugarbowl Recreation Area. The popular backcountry area is about 90 kilometres east of Prince George.

It could be a spring of sandbags and riprap along the upper Fraser River. A high snowpack has prompted the B.C. River Forecast Centre to predict runoff will reach 123 per cent of normal at Shelley by July.

Prince George teachers will decide today whether they will walk off the job and take up picket lines for the first time since 2005.

A fire on Helm Drive is still under investigation, but damage was substantial. The modular home caught on fire at about 11:45 a.m., Monday, bringing 15 firefighters from three fire halls.

Although honoured for its storied past, the future of Sacred Heart elementary school lives on in the students who continue to pass through its halls.

Select Committee on Business co-chairperson Janine North and Mayor Shari Green dismissed union concerns about increased public-private partnerships on Monday.

With the announcement of the B.C. budget by premier Clark comes disappointment for some seniors' agencies in the province. "[This] budget represents a major disappointment for B.C.

Construction will begin later this year on a new road-rail utility corridor (RRUC) at the Port of Prince Rupert's Ridley Island terminal after International Trade Minister Ed Fast confirmed Thursday the federal government's $15-million contribution t

An attempted pedestrian robbery on Sunday evening has police looking for a lone suspect. According to RCMP, an adult male and female were walking at 8 p.m. in the area of 15th Avenue and West Central Street.

Parents of school-aged children are being urged to make arrangements for child care to prepare for an imminent teachers' strike.