Local News

There were starts on 18 single family homes in Prince George and area last month, according to a Canada Mortgage and Housing update released Tuesday.

A truck driver has been charged with hit and run following a collision late Monday morning with a parked motor home on Highway 16 East.

A hit-and-run trucker was nabbed shortly after driving off on the victims of the collision they were all involved in. The crash happened near Tabor Mountain just east of Prince George.

Luke William Steiner, 8, remembered at Stellaquo service

Dan Davies, a second term city councilor and schoolteacher in Fort St. John, will seek the Conservative nomination for the Prince George-Peace River electoral riding.

Friends and family of an eight-year-old boy killed in an Aug. 3 accident will gather for a memorial service today. A mass for Luke William Steiner is set for 1 p.m.

Members of a police task force based in the Lower Mainland were in Prince George over the weekend to help to local RCMP officers raise their game in the battle against criminal gangs.

Upgrades to two bridges along the route to Kitimat have been completed. Located on Highway 37, the Nalbeelah and Humphrey bridges were resurfaced in a $524,970 project, Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad said in a press release. The Nalbeelah is about 45.

After being rejected behind closed doors, Coun. Brian Skakun wants to take the issue of when the city should cover staff and council members' legal bills to a public forum.

Conditions in the Prince George airshed have improved enough to end an air quality advisory, Environment Canada said in a special weather statement issued early Saturday afternoon.