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  In the weeks since the resignation of several key people who took care of business at the local SPCA, silence has prevailed at the organization’s head office, says Michael Fazakas. Fazakas is the former chair of the local organization’s community council. He and seven council members quit their positions within a two week span in March after the local shelter’s general manager Angela McLaren and contract fundraiser Andrea Sowers both resigned. Both former employees pointed to...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identities of two teens who died following a motor vehicle incident near McLeod Lake on April 3. Dead are Leslie David Avery Jr., 17, and Ian Daryl Potvin, 16, both of Mackenzie. Leslie Avery was the driver of, and Ian Potvin a passenger in, a car heading northbound on Highway 97 about 6:45 a.m. on April 3. About 200 metres north of Tudyah Lake Provincial Park, the car was in a collision with a southbound pickup truck hauling a flatbed trailer....

On the ice, the season is over for the Prince George Cougars. Off the ice, it’s a different story. “I’m in the office now,” coach Mark Holick said Tuesday. “We’re putting an end to this year, getting ready for the Bantam Draft in May. “We’ll probably be in the office until the end of June or so, then take some time off.” The season ended for the Cougars on Saturday night, as they dropped a 5-4 overtime decision to the Victoria Cougars, losing the first-round WHL Western Conference series...

  For future Prince George Spruce Kings, it starts now. The club’s annual Prospects Camps kicks off today (Friday) at the Coliseum and runs through Sunday afternoon. More than 100 players will officially register starting at 10 a.m., at which time they will also be assigned to one of six teams for the weekend. Team practices will start at noon, and the first of a series of intra-squad games starts at 4:30 p.m. with Team Grey playing Team Red. Teams Black and Gold take to the ice at...