Local News

A six-month undercover operation called Prudent has resulted in dismantling a sophisticated drug operation along with the confiscation of rock cocaine, cash, an assault rifle and ammunition, and two vehicles. RCMP Cst.

Snowpack in the Upper Fraser drainage basin is well above normal according to numbers from the provincial government's river forecast centre. As of Jan. 1, the snow water index for the region was 123 per cent above normal.

A 51-year-old woman died Friday afternoon after colliding with a tree while skiing at Hudson Bay Mountain in Smithers.

One man is recovering from a stab wound and another has been arrested following an altercation early Saturday morning in a home in the 1100 block of Ahbau Street. Police were called to the scene at about 2:45 a.m.

The streets are cold places for the women who walk them selling their bodies, but when the mercury dips to this week's temperatures it can be especially cruel punishment.

A Prince George student has won a library of her favourite books. Ashleigh Johnston, a Grade 3 student at Pinewood elementary school, sketched her way to the rare prize.

The Prince George Symphony Orchestra is at least halfway towards its "all or nothing" goal of trimming $150,000 from its debt by the end of the fiscal year, says executive director Elizabeth Aman-Hume.

The Nak'azdli First Nation said Thursday they are seeking a judicial review from the Federal Court of Canada of the federal government's recent environmental approval of Terrane Metal's proposed $917-million Mount Milligan mine.

A search and rescue volunteer was taken to hospital late Friday afternoon after suffering a collapse while participating in an exercise at the Cottonwood Island Park boat launch. Officials declined to provide further details.

Police in Prince George made their second major grow-op bust in the last week. The latest marijuana operation was located early Wednesday afternoon in the 3900 block of Second Ave.