Local News

As school begins, RCMP in Prince George ask drivers to keep a keen eye out for children. "Sadly every year in B.C. there is an average of 16,655 crashes involving children from five to 15 years," said Cst. Lesley Smith, media relations officer.

Oscar Anderson of Vanderhoof has won the ATV in the Big Brothers Big Sisters raffle. Ticket No. 1977 was drawn Wednesday afternoon at Canadian Tire for a special edition Yamaha Rhino 700FI with trailer, winch and windshield.

Dr. Franzi Ng will hold a free Thought Field Therapy seminars Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. in lecture theatre 7-212 at UNBC and Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. in Connaught Youth Centre.

Although it has been 30 years since Terry Fox lost his battle with cancer, his spirit and determination cannot be quelled.

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.

Residents at Cluculz Lake are anxious for the mystery of two cabin fires to be solved. "We're nervous out here all right. We're just not sure what is happening," said long-time resident Fred Doig. "I get up at 4 a.m.

Calls have been heard before to build a skatepark in Prince George. It worked last time.

Prince George RCMP arrested an elderly man Tuesday near the CIBC Bank in Spruceland Mall.

Several Dunster children will start the school year in a makeshift assortment of structures in their hometown rather than travel to Valemount or McBride.

Three times a month a local man volunteers to deliver cookies to patients who are on dialysis at the hospital.