Local News

The City of Prince George is moving ahead with a core service review. On Monday city council approved the plan to hire consultants to assess the efficiency of city services and review revenue sources.

The city's real estate market enjoyed a rebound in 2011 following a three-year slide, numbers from the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB) are showing.

The Prince George RCMP has confirmed that the 85 year old victim of the Jan. 7 early morning residential fire on Merritt Road, has passed away as a result of his injuries. Investigators have determined that the fire was arson.

In a bid to douse their smouldering tobacco habits, more and more northern B.C. residents are reaching for the phone to dial 811.

A Blackburn resident thought it odd that a pair of young men would be driving around the rural Prince George neighbourhood with war veteran license plates. Odder still was observing the two strangers pull up to a house and peer in the window.

Northwest B.C. MP Nathan Cullen responded with some sharp words of his own Monday to federal Environment Minister Joe Oliver damning "radical" environmentalists opposed to Canadian resource development.

Performers and eager audiences have a new reason to head downtown on Wednesday nights. Starting this week on Jan. 11 and continuing every other Wednesday, an open mic night will take over the stage at Nancy O's. Beginning at 8 p.m.

Rose Perrin says expectant mothers should not be fooled, there is no such thing as painless labour.

After targeting a neighbouring constituency in November, an advocacy group calling for reforms to the province's electoral financing laws will be sending postcards in the next week or so promoting its cause to voters in Prince George-Mackenzie.

Firefighters rushed to put out a new fire at the Meadowbrook Apartments on Friday afternoon. They did not find the fourth suspicious fire there in recent weeks, however.