Local News

A vacant mechanical shop in the BCR Industrial Site was the latest site of a copper theft. The building in the 1000 block of Great Street was unlawfully entered sometime in the past three weeks.

Westjet will be offering non-stop flights to Las Vegas later this year The flights will be available on a twice-weekly basis starting September 10 and lasting until November 26.

Prince George Free Press editor Bill Phillips has been named vice president of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce.

Finning International has reached a tentative agreement with 700 of its unionized employees in B.C.

From the first to cross the finish line to the very last, the 30 local girls who took part in the Run for Fun five-kilometre challenge proved they were winners.

The annual Prince George Kennel Club dog show had 175 canines strut their stuff over the weekend. The two-day event all lead up to the best in show and best puppy in show rounds held on Sunday afternoon.

The terror attacks in Norway could happen in Canada for exactly the same reasons they happened there this past week, said president of Prince George's Sons of Norway (SON) group Gloria Benazic.

The president of the Fire Chief's Association of B.C. is calling on B.C. cities to enforce stricter fire safety rules for large woodframe buildings during construction.

The Tsay Keh Dene First Nation received over $1 million in funding for a pair of green energy projects. On Saturday, B.C. Energy and Mines Minister Rich Coleman announced $8 million in funding for 12 projects under the Innovative Clean Energy fund.

Police are investigating a father-son dispute which turned violent Saturday morning. At approximately 11 a.m. police were called to a home in the 100 block of Patterson Street south where two men were fighting outside.