Local News

French conversion courses begin Thursday for beginners at Le Cercle des Canadiens Francais centre. Courses for the intermediate level started Sept. 14. The French Canadian Association are also holding a corn-on-the-cob roast on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

Canada Post awarded Rebecca Beuschel of Quesnel with a literacy award to celebrate her efforts to strengthen and improve literacy in her community.

A women's version of Baldy Hughes is in the planning stages. The Citizen is the first to report that a women's addiction recovery facility is in the works modelled on the residential therapeutic community for men.

A team of 10 Prince George leaders will don PG Minor Hockey Association jerseys on Friday in Vancouver, as they line up against Kelowna and Kamloops in a battle of municipal willpower.

A power outage n Prince George Monday that left more than 100 residents without electricity was caused by a single vehicle accident on River Road. RCMP say about noon time a vehicle struck a power pole and rolled onto its roof off the roadway.

For the first time, women at Prince George Regional Correctional Centre will have their own facility. Until now, the female inmates were housed in the same building the men were in, sharing common amenities in scheduled turns.

An old fashioned community picnic will be held all day Sept. 26 at the Fort St. James National Historical Site. The special Golden Raven experience features free entry, free activities and free beef dips. Call 250-996-7191 for more information.

The province's commercial vehicle safety and enforcement branch will be out in force throughout northern B.C. this week ensuring commercial vehicles are operating with safe braking systems.

The Prince George Chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women are ready to help tackle the world as their new season begins.

RCMP in Quesnel are dealing with a rash of thefts from vehicles which occurred early Saturday.Various electronic equipment and other valuables were taken mainly from vehicles left unlocked in the area of Roddy Avenue and Doherty Drive.