Local News

Northern Health has given the city's heroin users a heads up about a bad batch circulating in the Lower Mainland but so far no one in northern B.C. has been harmed. A notice from the B.C.

Thompson Creek Metals has approved a $350 million cost increase in the Mount Milligan gold and copper mine in northern B.C. to $1.265 billion.

Just before the lunch bell sounded on Thursday, the sound of a racing engine cut the air in front of Pineview Elementary School. It was followed by the sound of a police siren.

The federal government has given the $404-million Northwest Transmission Line the green light, a move immediately welcomed by a B.C. mining group.

Independent Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson has introduced a private members bill in the B.C. legislature to move the province's fixed election date to October from May. He wants to see the move implemented with an election on Oct. 11, 2012.

A Prince George man now serving jail time for sexually assaulting and choking a woman in a downtown alleyway has been found guilty of sexual assault and forcible confinement for a separate incident.

If you see smoke billowing from the Prince George Airport, no need to panic.

To help ensure that the new BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North facility will provide the best environment for patient care, two fully functional "mock-up rooms" have been built at the construction site for health professionals to provide feedback

Canfor Corp. posted a $32.3 million profit in the first three months of this year, down from the previous quarter. The positive result was helped by continued shipments to China, offsetting the impact of a slow U.S. housing economy.

The federal panel reviewing Enbridge's proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway oil pipeline said today that public hearings will begin in eight months, on Jan. 10, 2012.