Local News

The University of Northern British Columbia has joined the TRIUMF family.

Campers can now start their warm weather vacation planning. The province's Discover Camping online service has started taking reservations for all group campsites and the Bowron Lake canoe circuit.

A bullet in the leg sent a male in his twenties to hospital after a shooting at the 1700 block of 17th Avenue on Thursday night.

The provincial government is hosting an art show and competition to coincide with this yeaer's Earth Day. The competiton is open to all grades 9 to 12 students currently enrolled in a B.C. secondary school, public or private.

The city's real estate market was considerably slower during the final quarter of 2010. In all 149 single-family homes were sold for an average $232,021 each from the start of October to the end of December, adding up to $35.

A planned power outage will start at 10 a.m. today to allow BC Hydro to make more permanent repairs following the loss of service to 1,900 customers in the West Bowl area earlier this week.

A fire hydrant was hit by a pick up at the Prince George Mohawk on the Hart Mohawk Wednesday at around noon. The man (who wishes to remain anonymous) lost control of his vehicle as he entered the gas station.

Protecting children against childhood illness and ensuring they have a healthy future is the focus of the 15th annual Health Day Circuit for local kindergarten students.

Police are looking for witnesses after a vehicle was deliberately set on fire last week. Fire fighters were called to the scene of a blaze at about 6 a.m. Thursday morning in an alley off Milburn Avenue between Quince and Pine Streets.

A 47-year-old man from the southern interior has been arrested by Prince George RCMPmembers following two separate armed robberies in the city Monday night.