Local News

The College of New Caledonia and the Prince George African Heritage Society are teaming up to present a number of events during the 14th annual Black History Month Celebration in February.

Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Pat Bell is visiting Burns Lake today to meet with First Nations and community leaders about the aftereffects of the devastating fire that gutted the Babine Forest Products sawmill.

The College of New Caledonia is considering a two per cent tuition hike to help pay off a projected $1.8 million budget shortfall.

The city's population stood at 75,828 people by mid-way through last year, according to a B.C. Stats estimate released this week.

A full range of search efforts have turned up no clue of a missing northern B.C. man. Perry Sebastian, 28, of Hagwilget was last seen in the early morning of Dec.

Forest industry veteran Bob Clark, vice-president of forestry consultants J B Clark and Co.

The U.S. claim against Canada for alleged subsidies on British Columbia's timber stumpage rates has been reduced by nearly $200 million, an industry observer says. Madison's Lumber reporter publisher Keta Kosman said Friday the U.S.

Prince George Teachers Association president Matt Pearce thinks the province is gearing up to announce a legislated end to the five-month provincial teachers strike. He might be right.

The City of Prince George has had nine water main breaks since the beginning of the year, thanks to cold snap earlier this month.

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.