Local News

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

A workshop suite is being offered to bring better practices to light on issues like human trafficking.

The main building at CNC's Prince George campus will be closed Sunday because of a construction-related power shutdown. The planned outage will be in effect from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Violence has overrun the Stoney Creek Reserve, and the Saik'uz First Nation community wants to feel safe again. The beating of Brandon Lee Thomas-Flurer, 17, brought community interests together for the first public forum on the matter.

A pioneering physician, a founder of the university, and an Inuit activist will be this year's recipients of honourary degrees from the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC).

Taseko Mines Ltd. is not expecting to see a major impact on its revenue or production in the forseeable future as a result of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Prince George is riding on the wave of increased tourism to B.C. The number of people staying in Prince George hotels increased 5.7 per cent in January, compared with January, 2010.

Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation and MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie, will be on hand today at 11:45 a.m. at Pine Centre Mall (area near SportChek and the food court) to welcome the BC Place model tour as it stops in Prince George.

It's more than 100 years since Knox United Church began to serve it's congregational members in Prince George.

Six-year-old Raina Neufeld is collecting 11,920 pennies, nickels, dimes and quarter to support the Canadian Red Cross Japan Earthquake Fund. Raina set her goal based on the distance from Prince George to Japan.