Local News

A barbecue today will spark the launch of fundraising for the third Annual Prince George Fire Fighters' Burn Fund Cycle Tour. The patties and dogs will be on the grill from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Spruceland branch of Scotiabank.

A father and son have been sentenced to jail time after they were caught trying to steal a bait truck earlier this year.

A cancer survivor who received her treatment far to the south was among those who attended a celebration Friday of the final concrete pouring for the Cancer Centre of the North.

According to new statistics, the RCMP's Downtown Enforcement Unit has made crime numbers go both up and down in their first year of existence. The biggest drop from 2009-10 to 2010-11 was the number of people intoxicated in public.

Flanked by 500 shoes, police, politicians and Insurance Corporation of British Columbia officials urged drivers to be less lead-footed when they take to the roads this long weekend.

B.C. Hydro has filed submissions with the provincial and federal regulators on its Site C Dam project in northern B.C. which comes with a $2-billion increased price tag to $7.9 billion. Despite the increase, B.C.

A unique bike has been stolen from its Prince George owner and might now be pedaled on the local black market. The bike was snatched from the parking lot of the BX Pub on May 6 sometime between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.

There appears to be a lull in the region's high water action, but the runoff season is not nearly over yet. Regional District of Fraser-Fort George spokeswoman Rene McCloskey said there was no new flood activity expected over the long weekend.

Provincial income assistance cheques were mailed this week in anticipation of a work disruption at Canada Post despite an offer by postal workers to deliver the cheques even if a strike or lockout goes ahead.

A Prince George resident with an extensive criminal history is facing charges for weapons possession, and four others have been arrested following a police raid on Quince Street.