Up to 52 British Columbians from Prince George, Fort St. James and Kelowna are getting the training they need to become cooks and professional log truck operators, thanks to a federal-provincial partnership under the Canada-B.C. Job Fund Agreement.

A new skills training project will ensure more First Nations members can successfully pursue occupations as career-development practitioners and training-program co-ordinators.

Reducing barriers to job success and ensuring more First Nations members can access the skills training they need to acquire sustainable employment are the goals of a training project underway with the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation and McLeod Lake Indian Band.

The B.C. government has distributed $1,813,345 in compensation for municipal property taxes to the City of Prince George.

Mike Morris, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General teamed up with ICBC and Prince George RCMP, to remind motorists that there is never an excuse to drive while affected by alcohol or drugs and to plan ahead this holiday season.

Provincial funding of $5.1 million will bring over 60 new affordable homes for low-to moderate-income families and seniors at two new housing developments in Prince George.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in the RCMP cells in Prince George on Nov. 21, 2016.

School District 57 will receive $30,000 in funding for the Youth Work in Trades program to boost trades training for young people.

Communities in the north will benefit from one-time targeted funding of $209,289 for the College of New Caledonia to support adult-literacy programs.