Local News

B.C. Coastal First Nations declared today - on the 21st anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill - their unified opposition to the proposed $4.5-billion Enbridge pipeline.

A local agent is about to take over from Prince George's Legal Services Society office.

Quesnel RCMP have recovered several $100 counterfeit bills from various businesses which all have the same serial number of EJE9791896.

A number of students from the first 2004 class at UNBC's Northern Medical Program are about to complete their two-year residency training as family doctors.

Prince George RCMP have identified the second body found in the case of a double homicide as 45-year-old Darren Hala. His home address remains unknown.

A woman was sexually assaulted at about 3:45 a.m. Sunday morning in the Beaverley area west of Prince George. The suspect is a caucasian male between the ages of 26 and 30 years, about 5 foot 10 inches tall with a medium build and a bit of a paunch.

When Fraser Lake RCMP recently checked a vehicle on Highway 16 West for a driving infraction, the officer detected the odor of marijuana wafting from the vehicle and placed the driver under arrest. A vehicle search disclosed two pounds of marijuana.

Prince George RCMP arrested a man early Monday in connection with a sexual assault of a 62-year-old Prince George woman early Sunday in the Beaverley area.

Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick is dead. The Prince George soldier was extensively injured by a blast suffered on duty in Afghanistan on March 6. An improvised explosive devise detonated in his vicinity during a foot patrol west of Kandahar City.

Prince George firefighters - Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation Harley raffle is a sold out success with the winner of the 2010 Harley Davidson FL-Electra Glide Ultra Classic being announced Saturday.