Local News

Slightly more than 200 customers along Highway 97 North between Bear Lake and Summit Lake are expected to be without power until 1 p.m. this afternoon, according to BC Hydro. A transmission circuit failure is listed as the cause.

A Prince George man was arrested for running a marijuana grow-operation out of a Vance Road house.

The G-20 summit in Toronto and the Vancouver Olympics had a fatal effect on northern B.C.'s roads, according to local police.

B.C.'s Children and Youth Representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond wants a moratorium on the provincial government's plan to close the jail unit for girls in Prince George. "I'd like to see the brakes put on this," Turpel-Lafond said Thursday.

CN Rail's locomotive engineers have ratified a new collective agreement, the company said Friday. The three-year contract, retroactive to Jan.

A missing Fort St. James women has been located safe and sound in the Lower Mainland.

Warm weather this week has continued to break down an ice jam on the Nechako River. The jam started forming on Jan. 18. A cold snap caused frazil ice, soft surface ice, to form on the Nechako and jam against the solid surface ice on the Fraser River.

Tudyah Lake is south of Mackenzie Junction on Highway 97. The area around Mackenzie is prime fish habitat with its cool, nutrient-rich water.

A Prince George RCMP officer suffered non-life threatening injuries after a collision between a police cruiser and pick-up truck on Wednesday evening. At approximately 5:20 p.m.

Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) has added its voice to the chorus of opposition to the B.C. government's decision to close the jail unit for girls in Prince George.