Local News

A valuable piece of industrial equipment has been stolen. Thieves targeted a diesel welder on a trailer parked in the front yard of a property in the 1500 block of Pearson Avenue.

The Assembly of First Nations chiefs, a national aboriginal body, has joined the Tsilhqot'in Nation in opposing Taseko Mine's revamped proposal to build the $1-billion Prosperity gold and copper mine in central B.C.

Several forest roads and recreation sites have been closed because of flooding in northeast B.C. The Johnson Creek Forest Service Road near Moberly Lake is closed, as well as Fisher Creek and Silver Sands roads west of Chetwynd.

On July 13 at approximately 5 a.m., RCMP received a report of a stolen all-terrain vehicle on Foreman Road in the northeast corner of Prince George.

West Fraser said Thursday it has reached an agreement to sell its shut-down Eurocan site in northern B.C. to Kitimat LNG, a consortium headed by Apache Canada that plans to build a $3-billion liquified natural gas plant in Kitimat.

Fortune Minerals has inked an $181-million deal with Korean steel-making giant POSCO to advance the Mount Klappan coal project in an area in northern B.C. which some First Nation members and environmental groups want to see preserved.

A provincial court judge has thrown out a case against two men charged with assault causing bodily harm in Fort Fraser because the trial had not been completed two years after their arrest and is blaming a lack of court resources for the delay.

Researchers at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) have made a long sought-for technical breakthrough in gene splicing that has potential long-term implications for the struggle to understand genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis,

DAWSON CREEK - As the above-normal snowpack continues to melt and with a high streamflow advisory in effect, travellers are advised that several Forest Service roads (FSR) are closed due to washouts and care should be taken on others.

The Fraser River at South Fort George continues to recede, City Hall said Thursday, but not enough to call off an evacuation alert for the east side of Farrell Street. As of 11:45 a.m. the river had dropped to 8.3 metres from 8.