Local News

Two federal parolees with Prince George connections are both on the lam in the Lower Mainland. There is no known connection between the two, said police, but they are actively seeking Joel David Wilson, 33, and Lisa Anne Whitford, 38.

Kids can learn to bowl during the summer months at Black Diamond Lanes. From May 31 to August 31 more than 1,000 bowling centres across the US and Canada, including Black Diamond, are participating in the third annual Kids Bowl Free program.

Weapons and drugs were taken out of the hands of suspected criminals on the afernoon of June 8 after RCMP members executed a search warrant at a residence on the 1500 block of Queensway. During the search, police located and seized a sawed off .

True to their profession, the local members of the Canadian Public Relations Society are quickly telling the world about the two national awards they just won.

The Council of Forest Industries annual convention returns to Prince George this fall after a four-year absence.

UNBC is proud to host the first ever Prince George Raise-a-Reader Writer's Camp. At this free camp students will experience a variety of writing-related workshops and activities facilitated by UNBC professors and visiting authors.

Someone in Prince George has lived the thrift store dream - the one where you put your hand in the pocket of a vintage jacket you just bought and find treasure. A shopper at the local Value Village store purchased a pair of Nike shoes in March.

Lightning is beginning to spark fires in the Prince George Fire Centre region, with more than half of the eight fires started in the past week caused by lightning. One fire, east of Fort Nelson, in the far northeast, reached 50 hectares.

Prince George's gang unit seized a loaded handgun and arrested two suspects in a city park. Members of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit - an RCMP team dedicated to dissecting the organized crime elements in Northern B.C.

Northern B.C. NDP MP Nathan Cullen again called on the federal government to ban tanker traffic off the north coast of B.C., an effort to draw attention to the issue on World Oceans Day.