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Three local businesses have made it into the finals of the Small Business BC awards. GameQuest, a downtown gaming store, is one of the top-five finalists in the Premier’s People’s Choice category. Playgrounds Café is a top-five finalist in the Best Concept category. Shiraz Café and Restaurant is a top-five finalist in the Best Immigrant Entrepreneur category. The top five finalists in each category will now present a Dragons’ Den-style pitch to the judges to convince them why they...

Due to the ongoing snowfall and an anticipated drop in temperature, the City of Prince George has added more snow clearing shifts. During the night shift tonight, crews will be clearing priority one and priority two routes beginning in the downtown area. Crews will continue clearing priority one and priority two routes during the day shift tomorrow. Salting, sanding, and sidewalk operations will continue on routes around the city. For up-to-date information on snow and ice control...

A 51-year-old Prince George man is dead following a single-vehicle crash near Mackenzie January 29. Mackenzie RCMP were called to the scene, approximately 15 kilometres north of the Highway 39 junction to Mackenzie, at 2:44 p.m. Officers arrived on scene to find that a southbound Ford F350 pickup had lost control, crossed the centreline, traveled off the roadway and struck a power pole. The driver succumbed to his injuries on scene. The name of the driver will not be released at this time...

A design flaw led to the catastrophic breach of a tailings pond at Mount Polley Mine last summer. That is the conclusion of an independent review panel tasked with investigating the cause of the August 4 failure, which resulted in the release of 17 million cubic metres of water and eight million cubic metres of tailings into Hazeltine Creek, Polley and Quesnel Lakes. The review panel said evidence indicates the breach was the result of a failure in the foundation of the embankment, a...

Plunging oil prices have put the nation’s books in disarray and the government is doing little to deal with the matter, says NDP MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley Nathan Cullen. “Revenue has dropped off and they are scrambling right now,” he said of the Conservative government. “They are not coming clean to Canadians.” Last week Cullen called on the government to provide a fiscal update in the wake of plummeting oil prices, which have an impact on the federal budget. It shouldn’t be too...

Connor Sorley - Team Saskatchewan - Archery  

When most people think of the legacy of the Canada Winter Games for Prince George and the region, they probably think of the improvements to athletic facilities which were brought about to host the Games. Things like the new biathlon range at Otway Nordic Centre, or the improved lighting at the Coliseum. There are other legacies of the Games, however, and more than 40 of them were celebrated Jan. 26 at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. Northern Health announced the Imagine grants,...