Fire death victim identified
The B.C. Coroner's Service has identified 78-year-old Francis Storoschuk as the person killed in a fire in a mobile home in McLeese Lake on Dec. 17.Storoschuk, also known as Buck, was alone in the home...
View ArticleBusiness picking up in 2013
The theme of 2013 in the Northern B.C. business and industry sector was the hype started happening.At the top of the list was the opening of Mount Milligan Mine, between Fort St. James and Mackenzie....
View ArticleRescue group faces cash crunch
Prince George Regional Highway Rescue has the manpower and equipment to help people in the aftermath of a crash, but without stable core funding and permanent home the organization's future is in...
View ArticleSalvation Army campaign comes up short
Prince George Salvation Army Captain Neil Wilkinson is at a loss to understand why his organization's Christmas fundraising drive has come up so short this year."It's inexplicable," he said of the...
View ArticleMayor ready to speak up for city
Both at home and abroad, Prince George mayor Shari Green found herself having to defend her city in 2013.Whether it was in response to bearing the title of Canada's most dangerous city through 2013 via...
View ArticlePipeline opponents consider court
The federal cabinet is the next decision-maker when it comes to the future of the Northern Gateway pipeline, but it likely won't be the last.With the clock already ticking on the federal government's...
View ArticleTesty labour relations marked city in 2013
Labour negotiations came to a boiling point in 2013 in Prince George.The collective agreement between the city's unionized employees, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees locals 1048...
View ArticleLast weekend of voting for local newsmaker of 2013
There was no shortage of news and newsmakers in Prince George during 2013.Below, you'll find five individuals and a combined trio that Citizen staff are nominating as the top local newsmaker of...
View ArticleReturning the favour
A few weeks after Brock Schell and family saved Bam from near certain death, the one and a half year old pit bull cross may have saved Schell from a nasty fate.While shoveling his driveway in Bevearly...
View ArticleMan shoots himself outside hospital
A 66-year-old man is dead after he shot himself outside the University Hospital of Northern B.C. Saturday morning, according to Prince George RCMP.The shooting happened at approximately 10 a.m. in the...
View ArticleCivil actions to keep court busy in 2014
Some high-profile civil matters emerged over the course of 2013 and are expected to take up some court time during the coming year.Perhaps most notable are the two actions related to the property...
View ArticleLegebokoff, Triplett among those heading to trial in 2014
Lawyers, judges, sheriffs and support staff will continue to be kept busy at the Prince George courthouse over the next year.The case of Cody Legebokoff is already before the court. A voir dire has...
View ArticleBond 'optimistic' on skills training front
Despite months of often contentious negotiations, Shirley Bond is confident the federal and provincial governments can reach an agreement over skills training funding in the coming year."I remain...
View ArticleRed Nose ready for New Year's Eve
As holiday celebrations continue, the party to end all parties for 2013 is happening on New Year'sEve, and Operation Red Nose is ready to provide safe rides home."We will have between 25 and 30...
View ArticleJoint energy report set for delivery
The recent environmental review panel's recommendation and the federal government's pending decision will go a long way to deciding the fate of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, but a less...
View ArticlePastors ready for polar plunge
The congregation at Central Fellowship Baptist Church enthusiastically took up the challenge to raise $500 to send Pastor Brian Joyce into the chilly water again during Ness Lake Bible Camp's 11th...
View ArticleBond is Citizen newsmaker of 2013
Shirley Bond believes that hard work can put a softer edge on the partisan nature of politics and that work ethic helped her become the Prince George Citizen's 2013 newsmaker of the year.The MLA for...
View ArticleCouple killed in highway accident
A Prince Rupert couple were killed on Sunday in a car crash on Highway 16 near Houston.The B.C. Coroners Service identified driver Barry Gerald Lecuyer, 49, and his wife, passanger Terri Janna Lecuyer,...
View ArticleHighway 16 East closed
Highway 16 is closed in both directions one kilometre east of Purden Ski Resort and is expected to remain that way for some time due to a collision.North District and Prince George RCMP were called to...
View ArticleCold comfort
Five years ago Elda Armstrong dreaded making a drive out to Ness Lake Bible Camp, but Wednesday she was more than happy to return to jump into the frigid water.Armstrong's husband Dan died in late...
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