Local News

A 29 year old man is in custody following a standoff in McLeod Lake yesterday. The man, originally from Prince George, surrendered to police shortly after 1 p.m.

British Columbia is continuing its efforts to position lumber as an accepted construction material in China during another trade mission beginning Sunday led by Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell.

Facing deportation to South Africa, an alleged Prince George gangster won something of a break in provincial court this week but it likely will not be enough to keep him in the country.

The College of New Caledonia (CNC) board of governors voted not to increase tuition by two per cent for next year, during its regularly scheduled meeting in Quesnel on Friday.

A Cariboo grow-op recently busted by RCMP turned up a lot of marijuana, some environmental contamination, and a collection of dogs. The dogs were all in various stages of distress and some had to be euthanized due to medical conditions.

A Prince George man who was acquitted of drunk driving would probably not have been so lucky if the federal government had taken Mothers Against Drunk Driving's (MADD) advice.

The College of New Caledonia leadership class organized the Win It In A Minute version of the popular NBC game show Minute to Win It. About 17 teams of two took on several challenges using common household items.

Many classrooms at College of New Caledonia are currently undergoing a lighting retrofit featuring the latest technology, in an effort to save energy and money at the Prince George campus.

Paul Daniel Shaw, 26, has been charged with the spree of speed and destruction that wheeled through the city on Tuesday morning.

The B.C. Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with Northern Health, cancelled a dust advisory this morning that was issued on Wednesday. Winds increased slightly and helped flush the fine particulates out of the region, said the agencies.