Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Local News

Paving projects scheduled

Paving crews will be out working on four City projects over the next two weeks. The effort will start with the northbound lanes between Fifth and 15th Avenues, starting this Monday and continuing through to Friday. The project's length is 2.

Home sale prices steady

The average price of a single-family home sold in Northern B.C. varied only slightly from the level seen a year earlier according to numbers from the B.C. Real Estate Association. Homes in the region sold for an average $228,513 in May which was 0.
Bike to basics for beat cops

Bike to basics for beat cops

Police in Prince George are once again mounted. Five members of the Downtown Enforcement Unit (DTEU) have saddled up on mountain bikes to patrol the city core, augmenting the cruisers that will also be out and about. The DTEU's commander, Cpl.

Canada Post halts work at urban centres, union calls move irresponsible

OTTAWA - The head of Canada Post's union is calling for a meeting with the Crown corporation's CEO and a commitment that postal workers will be allowed to deliver critical mail such as social assistance cheques.
Park to be renamed to honour fallen soldier

Park to be renamed to honour fallen soldier

Glenview Park could soon be renamed Darren Fitzpatrick Bravery Park in honour of Fitzpatrick and all Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Cpl.
Plans for Kin 4 have council, city divided

Plans for Kin 4 have council, city divided

Reaction has been mixed to Monday night's city council decision to build a stand-alone Kin 4 arena at Exhibition Park.

Lawyer banned for five years

A former Prince George lawyer has been banned from practicing in the province for five years by the B.C. Law Society for trying to bilk a handful of residential school survivors out of part of their settlements.

No plans to change HST referendum timeline: Elections BC

Elections B.C. said today it has no plans to change the harmonized sales tax referendum timetable even though Canada Post has locked out its employees Tuesday evening. It's unclear how long a lock-out might last.
Postal service cut back Tuesdays, Thursdays

Postal service cut back Tuesdays, Thursdays

Postal workers took to the streets on Tuesday, not to deliver mail, but to protest service cuts by Canada Post.

Canada Post shuts down urban operations nationwide

Following 12 days of rotating strike activity by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Canada Post has decided to suspend mail service in urban areas across the country.