Local News

The first Community Skate Day to celebrate winter will be held Jan. 16 at the Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum. Bring a non-perishable food item for the Salvation Army Food Bank as your admission. The event from 1 to 3 p.m.

On January 28, at 7 p.m., Quantum Popcorn kicks off 2011 with Debbie Ford's highly acclaimed movie "The Shadow Effect" at UNBC's Weldwood Theatre.

B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Christy Clark has proposed the province create a Family Day holiday in February. She said it would give families a holiday break between New Year's and Easter, a period of 111 days without a holiday day.

The B.C. Liberal Party is lining up a trio of all-candidate leadership debates open to party members that will include Prince George. The first debate will be held in Kamloops on Feb. 2, followed by a debate in Prince George on Feb.

Salsa dancing classes will begin this month by the Latino--Canadian Asssociation at Peden Hill elementary school. Beginners classes will be held Fridays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the gymnasium. Cost is $55 for non-members and $50 for members.

Prince George RCMP have determined the gun shot wound suffered by a 20-year-old local man on Jan. 6 may have been accidental. Cpl. Craig Douglass, media relations officer, also said there may not have been any involvement by other persons.

An environmental review of a $404-million power line, expected to bring benefits to Prince George, is back on track after a delay requested by B.C. Hydro. It kicks the 180-day review period back into gear, which now must be complete by Wednesday.

Prince George entered its annual Crime Stoppers month in January with a winning track record for 2010 with 610 tips received and more than $6.7 million seized in drugs and property.

While a pair of candidates from the Interior are vying for the Liberal and NDP leadership races, chances are the next premier and Opposition leader will be from the Lower Mainland or Victoria. There has only been one premier from northern B.C.

There are 83,000 fewer hits of cocaine on the streets B.C., including those of Northern communities struggling with the substance's presence, thanks to a huge drug bust at the U.S.-Canada border. On Dec.