Local News

Backcountry enthusiasts heading out into the mountains this first weekend of spring should exercise extreme caution, the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) advised Friday as it issued its fourth avalanche warning in the last five weeks.

Prince George residents who would like to become part of a new installation planned for the Prince George airport will get their chance on Saturday, March 31. That's when public artwork artist Aiden Callison will be at UNBC, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fans of operatic vocal stylings will have to wait an extra day for their live music fix. Due to a scheduling conflict, The Canadian Tenors have moved the date of their Prince George performance at CN Centre from Wednesday, May 23 to Thursday, May 24.

A month-long celebration of diversity is about to begin at the Two Rivers Gallery. The event starts Friday, March 30, with a story telling and image making workshop led by by artist Aiden Callison and Cat Sivertsen of Welcome PG. It runs from 3:30 p.

A group of students have found the light in a dark community tragedy. On Nov. 4, 2011, Nolan Alexis, a Grade 6 student at Fort St. James's David Hoy elementary school, was hit and killed by a vehicle as he ran across a dark and busy Highway 27.

Canadian National Railway said Thursday it is buying 161 locomotives to accommodate increased traffic on its network and boost efficiency - with an unspecified number to be deployed in B.C. and Alberta.

A September drug bust and weapons seizure in the VLA has led to jail time for a Prince George man who is also facing sexual assault charges from an alleged incident in a Dartmouth, Nova Scotia hotel room two-and-a-half years ago.

A city council committee gave tentative approval for an approximately $260,000 core service review on Wednesday.

A new partnership with a local business has given Community Policing the fuel it needs to carry out its work. Load'em Up Petroleums has agreed to partner with Prince George Community Policing to provide gasoline for the service's sponsored vehicles.

Talia Miller knows all about cold-water clothes washing. Her grandparents on Galiano Island near Vancouver taught her well.