Prince George News
Court quashes Quesnel city council's censuring of mayor
A judge has ruled that Quesnel city council was unfair in its censuring of its mayor last spring. In a decision from earlier this week, Justice William Veenstra...
BC power plant saved from shut-down
A collective sigh of relief may have been heard in Williams Lake today on the news that a major employer there – the Atlantic Power plant – will not...
Charge against Jarrod Bacon related to Fort Nelson shooting stayed
Just under a month after high-profile gangster Jarrod Bacon was charged for a shooting in northeast B.C., charges have been stayed. Jarrod Bacon, 41, and John...
Site C dam now at half its generating capacity
The new $16-billion Site C hydro-electric dam is now at half its potential generating capacity, and is expected to be at full capacity by this fall. The new...
Dix gives Williams Lake hope of saving power plant
The City of Williams Lake has cancelled a lobbying junket to Victoria on the news Adrian Dix, minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, plans to meet with BC...
Catholic Diocese and school in B.C. settle abuse lawsuit for $3.4M
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince George, B.C., says it hopes a $3.4 million settlement gives an alleged victim of sexual abuse by a school teacher...
Jarrod Bacon charged in B.C. shooting
A high profile former B.C. gang member has been arrested for a Jan. 29 shooting in Fort Nelson. RCMP sent out a press release Tuesday saying that Jarrod Bacon,...
Subsidized American biodiesel threatens B.C. refiner
The owner of an oil refinery in Prince George says it can’t compete with subsidized biodiesel from the U.S. and has filed a countervailing and...
Prince George police looking for witnesses to genitalia flasher
Prince George Mounties are looking to speak with anyone who may have had a run-in with a man who was arrested after allegedly flashing his genitalia. Two...
Judge slams secret recordings in family court case
A provincial court judge called a mother’s secret recordings a breach of faith in the privacy of communication with her estranged husband and their two...
Williams Lake sends out S.O.S. for biomass power plant
The City of Williams Lake is fighting to save a biomass power plant there that is set to go dark in the coming weeks, partly due to a lack of affordable fibre,...
First Nation sues province, Canada over B.C.'s second largest port
A B.C. First Nation has sued multiple levels of government and a port authority in a lawsuit that seeks damages and recognition of land title over...
B.C. city penalized $165K says it's getting squeezed by regulation and climate change
B.C.'s second most important port city has been hit with more than $165,000 in environmental penalties — the latest in a long line of sanctions city...
B.C. chief wants Oscar-nominated residential school film to be part of curriculum
An Oscar-nominated documentary about deaths, abuse and missing children at a former British Columbia residential school should be shown in schools across...
Man charged with murder in B.C. shooting that left one dead, another injured
A suspect has been charged with second-degree murder in a shooting in British Columbia's northeast that left one person dead and another injured. Mounties...
Mount Polley boss says 2014 B.C. mine spill not toxic as firm faces fisheries charges
The president of the company involved in the Mount Polley environmental disaster that poured millions of cubic metres of mine tailings into B.C. waterways 10...
Grain, crop, container shipments up for Prince Rupert, B.C., port
The Port of Prince Rupert says cargo shipments were up at its container terminal for liquefied petroleum gas and crop exports, but volume for last year was down...
Charges laid in filmed assault at house party in Quesnel last November
Three youths have been charged in connection with a serious assault last November at a house party in Quesnel. Police began investigating after footage emerged...
Man dies in workplace incident at mill in Quesnel
Police and WorkSafeBC are investigating a workplace death at a Quesnel mill. RCMP and other emergency crews were called to the West Fraser Westpine mill site on...
One suspect arrested, another sought after armed home invasion in Quesnel, RCMP say
Police in Quesnel are searching for a suspect in connection with a report of a weekend home invasion in which one of the culprits was armed with a handgun....