Local News

Measures have been taken by both the city and management following a spate of deliberately-set grass and house fires over the weekend in and around the Lombardy Mobile Home Park.

Charges have been laid against two female youths in connection with the assault of another female in Freeman Park on April 16.

Peggy Tobin is spending her summer gearing up to cycle 7,000 km in 15 days in support of eradicating childhood cancer. The third annual Sears National Kids Cancer Ride happens Sept.

Residents in the Hart can expect outages of up to an hour as crews are going through eight weeks of maintenance work on B.C. Hydro powerlines. Three crews are working from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Campfires and any other backyard open fires, including those in fire pits, will be banned in Quesnel starting noon Thursday as part of the region-wide effort to prevent wildfires.

Campfires and any other backyard open fires, including those in fire pits, will be banned in Quesnel starting noon Thursday as part of the region-wide effort to prevent wildfires.

Charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon have been laid against two female youth in connection with the assault of a female in Freeman Park on April 16.

Bragging rights are back up for grabs at the PGX Fire Fighter Games 2010. The six rural fire departments around Prince George will be coming together to show off their talent August 12 to 15. For more, see the Citizen.

The first excavation ever done in the Babine Lake Region is almost finished. An archaeology field school was set up at Babine Lake from June to the end of July by the UNBC Anthropology Program, in partnership with the Lake Babine Nation.

A youth from the Prince George region will soon be learning from the Fraser River itself. Christine Charlie, 24, is a member of the Stellat'en First Nation at Fraser Lake.