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Simulation centre up and running at UHNBC

Simulation centre up and running at UHNBC

Future doctors, nurses and other health-care practitioners can now hone their skills on some new and improved devices with completion of a patient simulation centre at the University Hospital of Northern B.C.
Food fight splatters students at Kelly Road

Food fight splatters students at Kelly Road

FOOOOOD FIGHT! Roughly 50 students at Kelly Road secondary school blew off steam near the end of the school year with a food fight outside the school.
Truck flipper gets two-year prohibition

Truck flipper gets two-year prohibition

The woman at the centre of a single-vehicle rollover on Chief Lake Road last month has been prohibited from driving for two years for driving while impaired.

Former Canfor employee loses wrongful dismissal appeal

A former Canfor employee has lost an appeal of a lower court ruling that dismissed claims for damages for wrongful dismissal and negligent misrepresentation.

Finning workers issue strike notice

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) District 250 has issued a 72-hour strike notice to Finning Canada's B.C. branches.

One killed, one injured in motorcycle crash

A 33-year-old Prince George man is dead after a fatal motorcycle crash shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday morning.

Drunk driver gets year in jail, 10-year driving prohibition

A Prince George man has been sentenced to one year in jail and prohibited from driving for 10 years after he was caught drunk driving for the third time in less than seven years.

Chiefs gather around PG table

For only the second time in at least a decade, the highest ranking police officers gathered in Prince George for meetings. The B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police (BCACP) encompasses all RCMP and municipal forces.

Hall apologizes for missing meeting in Mackenzie

School board chair Lyn Hall will be keeping a closer eye on his date book after missing a meeting with parents in Mackenzie earlier this week.
Warrant issued for Armstrong

Warrant issued for Armstrong

A former convict on parole in Prince George is allegedly unlawfully at large. A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Benny Rae Armstrong, 25, who was residing by court order at St. Patrick's House, a local reintegration facility.