Community

Hydro expects power to be restored by Wednesday night

PRINCE GEORGE - BC Hydro crews have been working non-stop since a wind storm knocked out power for thousands on Tuesday.Since then they have restored over 95% of power to customers in Prince George an...

Jan 20, 2021

Heated sidewalk concept returns to PG in small sample

PRINCE GEORGE - The idea was floated back in the early 2000s by former Mayor of Prince George Colin Kinsley, heated sidewalks along with heated roads downtown.The heated concept was proposed to reduce...

Jan 20, 2021

'COVID-19 blues' keeping Xmas lights up longer in BC

PRINCE GEORGE - A recent survey done on behalf of BC Hydro found people in BC are keeping their Christmas lights longer than normal.The survey found four in five British Columbians put up holiday deco...

Jan 19, 2021

City food drive brings in over 4,000 pounds for Salvation Army

PRINCE GEORGE - It was a very successful city-wide food drive held on Saturday in Prince George as over 4,000 pounds of food was donated and over $10,000 in cash was raised.Those totals alone will hel...

Jan 18, 2021

Exploration Place living wall gets kickstart from donations

PRINCE GEORGE - It's a wall that will grow on you, but the process for getting the paleo-botany hall up and running starts well before there are any plants in dirt.The tables set to receive plants wer...

Jan 17, 2021

South Cariboo SAR commend youth snowmobiler after rescue

100 MILE HOUSE - Search and Rescue are commending a teen snowmobiler who they say got separated from his group Saturday afternoon."This young man made our task a little less difficult by staying in pl...

Jan 17, 2021

Car 60-like program proposed

PRINCE GEORGE - During Monday night's Council meeting, Mayor and Council approved a series of recommendations around the downtown, pone of which builds upon the Car 60 program. That' a program that ha...

Jan 15, 2021

Massive Site C turbine drives through Prince George

PRINCE GEORGE - There were some big parts of the Site C project moving through Prince George and Vanderhoof on Wednesday night.BC Hydro says these are the largest pre-assembled parts of the dam, the t...

Jan 14, 2021

Exploration Place calls on green thumbs

PRINCE GEORGE - The folks at Exploration Place are calling on the city's green thumbs. "We are going to transform what everyone knew as our atrium into a paleo-botany hall," says Tracy Calogheros, CEO...

Jan 14, 2021

Ice jams damages homes along the Nechako River in Vanderhoof

VANDERHOOF - An ice jam has formed on the Nechako River. Not typical. Water levels are higher than usual and Mayor Gerry Thiessen says there is a lot of water flowing right now. He says water levels a...

Jan 13, 2021