Local News

Quiet long weekend The Victoria Day long weekend was a quiet one for local police and fire crews. Prince George RCMP spokesman Cpl. Ken Landry said, as of Monday afternoon, the first long weekend of spring went by without any major incidences.

Prince George enjoyed one of the steepest declines in the number of people collecting Employment Insurance, according to a Statistics Canada released last week.

Local senior Patrick Stapleton is concerned by the number of unleashed dogs on city trails - and the city's inaction on addressing the problem. The 67-year-old regularly walks the Heritage River Trail network.

At about 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, police were called to Malaspina elementary school to look for a missing child. A police perimeter was established and a service dog was used to track the student inside that area.

Seniors peer support The Prince George Council of Seniors offers one-on-one peer support for people 55 years old and older. Clients are paired with a peer support volunteer 60 to 90 minutes a week, for a limited number of weeks.

Prince George city councillor Brian Skakun was found guilty of violating provincial privacy legislation Tuesday morning.

City staff have drafted a cautious response to the Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable's proposed phase three plan. PGAIR's report calls on the city to make 12 changes to its operations to improve air quality in the city.

Gateway Christian Ministries Pastor Tim Osiowy had plenty of reasons to celebrate when a 40th anniversary for the church was held over the weekend, starting with the 1,000-person congregation the church has grown into from the "handful" he first took

It's judgment day for Brian Skakun. The city council member will learn today if he is guilty of violating provincial privacy legislation by leaking documents to a local media outlet about the working environment at the Prince George RCMP detachment.

Former-premier Bill Vander Zalm will be making his case against the harmonized sales tax on Thursday evening at UNBC, part of the B.C. government-sponsored public information sessions in the lead up to a referendum vote next month.