Outburst in Vanderhoof nets jail time
A wild tear has earned a Vanderhoof man four months jail time as well as two years probation.Norman Stacey Weinhardt, 33, was issued the term this week on a conviction for assault with a weapon from a...
View ArticleCollege names interim president
The College of New Caledonia’s Board of Governors has named an interim president.Dr. Bryn Kulmatycki will take on the job on July 1, it was announced Friday.“Bryn has been doing an excellent job as the...
View ArticleBond named jobs minister
Shirley Bond won't have to look very far to get briefing notes on her new cabinet responsibilities.Bond will be sworn in on Monday as the next minster of jobs, tourism and skills training - a position...
View ArticleCitizen names new advertising manager
Spruce Kings hockey player, turned coach, turned scout for 15 years in the WHL, Dave Smith is taking on a role off the ice as the new advertising director at The Prince George Citizen.During his...
View ArticleWinter Games urging accessibility
Pat Harris visited the 2015 Canada Winter Games offices for the first time Friday.The sport leader of wheelchair basketball for the Games was unable to tour Canada Games House offices before because...
View ArticleRustad, Oakes eager for roles
After two terms in the back benches, Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad has earned his seat at the cabinet table.Rustad was tapped as the new Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation on Friday and...
View ArticleLocal sales rep earns pink Cadillac
For the first time in Prince George history, one of the city's Mary Kay consultants is driving one of the company's famed pink Cadillacs.Others have earned other cars in the company's fleet of pink...
View ArticleDiefenbaker drug house kicked
Drug charges are pending after police busted a local crack shack Thursday night.One man and one woman were arrested June 6 after the Prince George RCMP Crime Reduction Team executed a drug warrant on a...
View ArticlePolice search for man after fire
One man is missing after a Hixon house fire.After receiving a report of a residential fire near Hixon Saturday afternoon, the Prince George RCMP arrived on scene to find the rural-area home fully...
View ArticleCity lukewarm to tax ask
City staff aren't too keen on offering property tax exemptions to light industrial land owners.During tonight's meeting, council will consider a request from the Prince George Global Logistics Park to...
View ArticleCity giving new look to decent roads
Two sets of neighbourhood streets are earmarked for a cosmetic treatment later this summer.Roads in the Pinewood and North Meadow areas are the subject of a recently closed city bid for microsurfacing...
View ArticleHospice lottery begins
Tickets are now on sale for a lottery benefiting palliative care.The Prince George Hospice Society's 2013 Dream Home Lottery and 50/50 Lottery will be open until November.This year's grand prize, built...
View ArticleP.G. show bark, bite in SPCA fundraiser
Prince George has emerged the victor in the race to show support for animals.During the 2013 SPCA Community Challenge between Prince George and Kamloops, the city raised $37,296 in the month of May for...
View ArticleLibraries gather for provincial conference
They've met before, so it's not that crazy, but a number of people have descended on the city for this year's Beyond Hope library conference - Call Us, Maybe: Connecting People and Libraries, Now.On...
View ArticleNorthern B.C. touch to Ottawa's Canada Day
One of northern B.C.'s most acclaimed musicians is getting the top Canada Day job in the nation. Dayna Manning of Fort St. John will, with her trio Trent Severn, be singing the national anthem on...
View ArticlePremier piles on the work for Bond
Shirley Bond will play a big role in the new provincial government with four cabinet committee assignments to go along with her new portfolio leading the jobs, tourism and skills training ministry.The...
View ArticleBID counters Commonwealth's court claims
The BID Group of Companies has responded to a lawsuit from Commonwealth Campus Corp. over its refusal to purchase five parcels of downtown land in the vicinity of what is to be the home of the Wood...
View ArticleCrash victim takes steps to walk again
The last time Dave Smith sat in his family home in Beaverly, he was doing a puzzle at the dining room table with his mom, helping her recuperate through the healing process of a shoulder injury.He then...
View ArticleDoc offers tips for the heart
For Prince George cardiologist Dr. Haidar Hadi, maintaining a healthy heart is a lifelong pursuit.From diet to exercise to cutting down on stress, Hadi said there's no shortage of ways to improve the...
View ArticleGermany closing P.G. consul office
The government of Germany is closing its honorary consul office in Prince George.Since 1999, consular services for northern B.C. originally from Germany has been offered from here. Two people have held...
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