Local News

Citizen staff Camping fans can now start their warm weather vacation planning in the cold of winter with more reservable sites to choose from and a new, earlier opening date for the BC Parks Discover Camping reservation service.

A second court appearance in Prince George provincial court for Corey Legebokoff, the man accused of murdering a Fraser Lake teen, has been rescheduled. Previously set for Wednesday this week, it has since been moved to Feb. 28.

A Prince George paramedic will be putting her skills to use in cholera-stricken Haiti.

The University of Northern British Columbia has joined the TRIUMF family.

Campers can now start their warm weather vacation planning. The province's Discover Camping online service has started taking reservations for all group campsites and the Bowron Lake canoe circuit.

A bullet in the leg sent a male in his twenties to hospital after a shooting at the 1700 block of 17th Avenue on Thursday night.

The provincial government is hosting an art show and competition to coincide with this yeaer's Earth Day. The competiton is open to all grades 9 to 12 students currently enrolled in a B.C. secondary school, public or private.

The city's real estate market was considerably slower during the final quarter of 2010. In all 149 single-family homes were sold for an average $232,021 each from the start of October to the end of December, adding up to $35.

A planned power outage will start at 10 a.m. today to allow BC Hydro to make more permanent repairs following the loss of service to 1,900 customers in the West Bowl area earlier this week.

A fire hydrant was hit by a pick up at the Prince George Mohawk on the Hart Mohawk Wednesday at around noon. The man (who wishes to remain anonymous) lost control of his vehicle as he entered the gas station.