Prince George's road network will be greatly expanded if the forecasts set out in a recently-completed study prove accurate.Emphasizing that the outlook is based on an "aggressive" assumption that the city's population will grow two per cent per year, city transportation engineer Glenn Stanker said there could be a need for as many as 23 major network improvements by 2026.The study, which was ...

New telehealth equipment being installed throughout Northern Health Authority will bring faster and greater access to health care to patients across Northern Health Authority.It's all part of the Northern Cancer Control Strategy (and planned cancer centre) designed so patients can receive care by oncologists, pharmacists, surgeons, social workers and more without having to leave home.They'll ...

Decals telling mothers they're welcome to breastfeed in public places will be gracing the entrances of city buildings.The decals should be up by the end of this year, city recreation co-ordinator Glenda Newsted said, once the design has been finalized and they've been printed up. Locations will include the Civic Centre, the swimming pools and arenas and city hall.City council approved the ...

It's time for Prince George families needing assistance for a family Christmas to apply for family Christmas hampers.The St. Vincent de Paul Society will accept applications from Nov. 24 to 27 from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3:30 p.m.; on Nov. 30 through Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m., and on Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to noon.This year's location to submit applications is at the old ...

NDP forestry critic Norm MacDonald has asked Auditor General John Doyle to examine the B.C. Liberal government's progress in implementing the 2004 Filmon report recommendations on preparing for wildfires.The Liberal government commissioned the Filmon report - headed by former Manitoba premier Gary Filmon - following the severe fires in the Okanagan in 2003, then agreed to implement all its ...

Some facts and figures for the jumbo jet that landed at Prince George Airport on Tuesday have been confirmed.The Southern Air Boeing 747 took on 86,000 litres of fuel, airport marketing director Todd Doherty said.And while that process took 40 minutes the plane didn't leave until 10:45 a.m., about two-and-a-half hours after it had landed. The intention was to be back in the air in about 90 ...

Prince George shoppers will have to open their wallets and purses a little more if they hope to match previous years' totals for the Salvation Army Christmas campaign.This winter's version got off to a slow start as $3,462 was raised Thursday, the first day of the campaign, compared to $6,165 on day one last year."We are significantly lower this year...yet the demand for The Salvation Army's ...

The search remains ongoing for a Williams Lake man whose been missing for nearly two weeks.Tyler Walton, 25, was last seen on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.He's described as an outgoing person, in good physical shape, about 5'11" tall and 150 lbs and wears his hear at medium length and normally has a full beard.Police have made numerous inquiries but despite this, no leads have surfaced to explain Walton's ...

Three improvement projects worth $5.9 million are in store for Highway 16 between Prince George and Fraser Lake during the next construction season, the federal and provincial governments announced Saturday.They are:- Repairs to freshet damage near Prince George. Slope stabilization, culvert replacements and drainage enhancements at various locations along Highway 16.- Resurface intermittent ...

Two Prince George men accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Dartmouth hotel in September have elected to be tried by a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge and jury, the Halifax Chronicle Herald has reported.Lawyers for Garry Christopher Peak and James Christopher Hanson, mixed martial arts fighters from Prince George, made the election Thursday in Dartmouth provincial court. A preliminary ...

Samantha-Jean Dub has a bad reputation around tae kwon-do circles.Sparring opponents see her coming, and run for the hills.The 22-year-old Freedom Taekwon-Do Schools second-degree black belt is a furious fighter who not only hits hard, but packs speed and agility into her punches and kicks. The result of that is national-level opponents become scarce in her hyperweight class.Dub was virtually ...

The spotlight was supposed to be on Brett Connolly.Unfortunately for the Prince George Cougars, their star forward couldn't make it out of bed. He was sick with the flu, extending his absence from the call of duty to 16 games.While they would have liked to have him in the lineup, the Cats did quite alright without him.They snapped a nine-game losing streak with a well-deserved 3-2 win over the ...

The 66-year-old man found dead in a Williams Lake park is Joseph Phillip Alphonse Sr., police said Friday.An autopsy found Alphonse's death was not caused by a criminal act.Officers and paramedics discovered Alphonse in Botanio Park at 7:30 a.m. Thursday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Quesnel RCMP officer is facing an assault charge relating to his handling of a prisoner at the city's detachment several months ago, RCMP said Friday.Const. Tim Wang will be appearing in Quesnel provincial court on Dec. 8 in connection after he allegedly assaulted a handcuffed prisoner by slapping his face on July 20.Crown Counsel approved one count of assault after a review of the ...

A Prince George man who was on the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident near McLeod Lake on Tuesday says he's less than impressed with the performance of the paramedics who were on the scene.From taking a long time to show up, to not moving fast enough and effectively enough once they arrived, Brad Russell alleged plenty of problems with the way they acted."It was like Tom and Jerry," he said ...

The provincial and federal governments are putting up $10.75 million to upgrade a connector road between Mackenzie and Fort St. James, anticipated to improve access to both communities to the proposed $917-millioni Mount Milligan mine.The largely single-lane gravel road will be upgraded to a two-lane, all-season road. The project - which will include improvements to 70 kilometres of the Phillips ...

Visitors to this year's Festival of Trees will see that the magic of Christmas has been enhanced with more events to choose from.Debbie Byl, fund development officer for Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation, said some events have proved so popular they have increased them to meet the demand."We've added a second Senior's Tea (Nov. 26 and 27 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.), and Santa is making two ...

Bruce Sutherland has stepped down as chair of Northern Development Initiative Trust.Sutherland, who announced the decision to the board of directors on Thursday, said he wants to devote more time to his business and added it's simply time after five years in the position."It was a great run but it took over a lot of my life, as you know," he said Friday. "I'm going to miss it. When you get 70 ...

In a land where most country music artists are independent, there is still a star system, and one of the brightest of those stars shines like Christmas over the Prince George Playhouse on Dec. 1. Sean Hogan has been getting radio and video play for years in Canada, without the benefit of a rich record label fronting all the money. He does it himself, as so many others do, and when he headlines ...

The two men arrested in the most recent weapons bust by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit have been formally charged. Justin Lewis Chamberlain, 29, and Christopher Andrew Hornby, 18 face a combined total of 17 offenses related to the alleged possession of an assortment of guns, ammunition, and marijuana. A third person was also arrested in the Nov. 6 raid on Queens Crescent, but so ...