Local News

B.C. softwood lumber exports to China in 2009 more than doubled from the previous year, hitting a record 1.63 billion board feet as forecast. January 2010's export statistics to China show a continued upward trend, B.C.

A warehouse caught fire in the BCR Industrial Site for reasons the Prince George Fire Department is still trying to figure out. The building was located on Rock Island Road and alarms sounded for firefighters on Friday night just before 6 p.m.

Anyone wishing to make a presentation to the Northern Health board has until April 1 to register. Northern Health's board will hold its next regular meeting in Fort St. John. The open meeting will begin at 1:15 p.m. April 19 and extends to April 20.

The UNBC Northern Timberwolves won the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association men's basketball national championship Saturday. Reporter Jason Peters, who is covering the tournament in Calgary, called in to say it was a smoke show.

Vanderhoof couple wins new pickup truck

A McBride area farmer is facing a skyrocketing tax bill after B.C. Assessment reclassified his property to residential following a series of calamities and circumstances that prevented him from working his land for the last few years.

Police responded to a report of a stabbing on Tamarack Street at about 11:50 p.m. Saturday. The 20-year-old victim has severe injury to his neck and the main suspect has been apprehended with two other suspects being sought.

The man accused of breaking into an Oak Street home and stabbing and beating two women remains behind bars for the time being after twice appearing in court last week.

A long-awaited downsizing in the B.C. Interior lumber sector because of a timber supply decrease from the pine beetle epidemic is expected to hit within three to five years, according to a new report on the impacts on the Interior's sawmills.

Minerals North 2010 Conference on April 21 to 23 will celebrate the past two decades of the mineral industry in northern B.C. The conference is hosted by Initiatives Prince George at the Prince George Civic Centre.