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One person has serious, life-threatening injuries following a collision between a vehicle and a transit bus Wednesday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to the scene on the Hart Highway, about a half a kilometre north of the John Hart Bridge, shortly before 3 p.m. The single occupant of the vehicle was transported to the University Hospital of Northern BC by the BC Ambulance Service. Injuries are believed to be serious and life threatening. The bus driver was the only occupant of the...

The target on the back of the Cariboo Cougars got bigger last week, but coach Trevor Sprague doesn’t mind. “Everybody (in the BC Major Midget League) has always played us hard,” he said after the Cougars won the Mac’s Midget AAA Invitational Tournament in Calgary on New Year’s Day. “They were ready to play the Cariboo Cougars. “Now, they’re playing the team that won the Mac’s as well.” The Cougars lost just one of the seven games...

An instructor at the College of New Caledonia has published an award winning textbook on Aboriginal health care in Canada. Dr. Vasiliki Douglas, CNC nursing instructor and expert on Indigenous health care, wrote Introduction to Aboriginal Health and Health Care in Canada, the first entry-level textbook of its kind. Dr. Douglas holds a PhD in History of Nursing (University of Alberta), an MA in History and BA in Ancient History and Classics (McGill University), and a BSN (University of...

Crews with the City of Prince George worked through the night clearing Priority 1 and Priority 2 routes in the city. Salting, sanding and sidewalk operations continued through the night and will continue across the city today. During the day shift today, City of Prince George crews will be clearing Priority 1 and Priority 2 routes in the following zones, per the Garbage Collection Map: • Yellow zone • Blue Zone • Green Zone During the night shift, crews will be working on Priority 1 and...

by Monica Lamb-Yorski - Williams Lake Tribune Mother Nature provided a short window of opportunity to recover the body of a deceased man from the ice on the Fraser River near the Rudy Johnson Bridge, northeast of Williams Lake, Saturday. “We were really lucky to be able to get on that ice pack,” said James Seeley, technical rescue team leader and instructor with South Cariboo Search and Rescue. The ice had been all chunked together by the river current and the thickness and...