Local News

City of Prince George Fire/Rescue attend to a structure fire on Rock Island Road in the Danson Industrial site Friday evening. Crews from three halls were called to deal with the fire in a warehouse.

Jason Peters, sports reporter for the Prince George Citizen newspaper, talks about the coach of the year announced Wednesday in Calgary during the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association awards banquet held at SAIT Polytechnic.

Easter will bloom brightly in the North with 200,000 fresh daffodils arriving for the Canadian Cancer Society's flower of hope campaign.

In their first game during the National Basketball Championship held at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary Thursday, the UNBC Timberwolves went up against Fanshawe College from London, ON and got the lead late in the fourth quarter to finish the game 76-71.

The man deceased in a case being treated by RCMP as a homicide was a 47-year-old Prince George resident who was found Wednesday in the vicinity of the Blackwater Road southwest of the city.

The B.C. Liberal government said Wednesday it will spend $87 million on 51 new highway projects in northern B.C. this year.It will bring the value of ongoing highway construction in the northern area to $200 million.

A regional district budget decision has been put off until later this month. The board of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George was presented with a final budget proposal on Thursday afternoon.

An organization dedicated to defending Canadians' constitutional freedoms through "education, communication and litigation" has come to the aid of a Prince George man embroiled in a prolonged and high-profile battle with the federal government's tax

Canadian explorer and environmental filmmaker Mark Terry will present his award-winning documentary The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning on Wed., March 24 at UNBC's Canfor lecture theatre, 7 -9 p.m.

College of New Caledonia is hosting a regional Skills Canada competition on Friday for high school students interested in cabinet making and web design.