Local News

With more than $7 million of improvements completed the Walmart Super Centre will hold a grand opening mid-April. There will be a new full grocery section and streamlined departments to meet the rising demands of customers. For more, see the Citizen.

Johnathan Botelho, a local 12-year-old Sacred Heart student, was chosen as one of 11 children in Canada to attend the Olympics as part of a worldwide program called McDonald's Champion Kids, with the program being offered to schools in Canada through

Prince George Family YMCA will host its fifth annual Healthy Kids Day on June 6 at Masich Stadium. Back in the spotlight will be the kids marathon, main stage entertainment, activity zone and road race.

Two male juveniles were stabbed following a house party in the Hart Highway area in Prince George. RCMP attended the incident in the 6400 block of Birchwood Drive just after midnight Feb.

An earthquake relief dance for Haiti is being hosted by PG Singles and Friends Social Group on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Columbus Community Centre. Entertainment is by DJ Dean Regan. Tickets at the door are by donation.

One of the biggest planes to ever fly into Prince George is scheduled to land today at YXS. An Ilyushin 76 aircraft based in Russia will stop over in B.C.

A major financial deficit at the landfill site is causing the Regional District to boost tipping fees there.

Schools in India and Prince George will benefit from a rousing fundraiser held here at the Civic Centre but rooted in the land of spicy food and spicy Bollywood films.

A male inmate was attacked by another, Sunday afternoon at the local jail, causing serious injuries to the victim. Emergency responders were notified at about 3:15 p.m. that help was needed at Prince George Regional Correctional Facility.

The Steelworkers Union and Canadian Forest Products have reached a tentative deal according to media reports.