Charges have been laid against a 14-year-old boy who is believed to have taken part in the sexual assault of a fellow teenage boy in Prince George last week. The 14-year-old is facing charges of aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault and unlawful confinement. The youth cannot be named because he is a minor. He is the seventh person charged … [Read more...]
Aggravated and sexual assault charges laid in Prince George case
January 11, 2013 by
Charges have now been laid against six people in a case of aggravated and sexual assault in Prince George against a young man. The victim was found Monday, unconscious and lying in a snow bank behind an apartment building, after police received a tip. He is now in hospital in serious but stable condition. Hayden Lee Atwood, 18, Mercedes Rae Jewett, … [Read more...]
New Catholic Bishop for Prince George is from Vancouver
January 3, 2013 by
The new Catholic Bishop for the Prince George region is a priest from Vancouver. Monsignor Stephen Jensen was appointed today by Pope Benedict. The 58-year old is currently the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. He's replacing Bishop Gerald Wiesner who must retire after turning 75 in June. No date has been set for Jensen's move to … [Read more...]
Mounties bust major grow-up in Prince George
December 27, 2012 by
Mounties say they have seized $ 1.5 million dollars worth of pot from a grow-op in Prince George. Just a few days before Christmas, Mounties say the North District's integrated marijuana enforcement team executed a search warrant about electricity theft at a home. They say they found a grow-op with about 1,500 pot plants in various stages of … [Read more...]
Script News: Prince, Revoc, Warden
December 22, 2012 by
The False Prince "Game of Thrones" writer and story editor Bryan Cogman has been hired to adapt Jennifer Nielsen's young adult novel "The False Prince" for Paramount Pictures. The first in a trilogy, the story follows a nobleman who devises a plan to find someone to impersonate the recently slain king’s long-lost son and act as a puppet. An orphan … [Read more...]
I-I-O investigating Prince George shooting
September 11, 2012 by
A police-involved shooting in Prince George will be the first investigation for the newly formed Independent Investigation Office. One person has died after RCMP were called to a rural area Sunday morning to deal with a serious criminal offense. At least one shot was fired Monday evening. There are no reports of police … [Read more...]
“Prince of Pot” has two years in U.S. prison sentence
July 8, 2012 by
Another milestone for B.C.’s self-proclaimed “Prince of Pot.” Marc Emery has just two years left now behind bars in an American prison, serving a five-year sentence for selling marijuana seeds by mail and phone order to the U.S. His wife, Jodie, is marking the occasion with him in Mississippi. "Eighty-five percent of the five-year … [Read more...]
Flood risk eases for Prince George
June 19, 2012 by
River levels haven't peaked yet in either Prince George, Hope, or Mission, but officials are saying when they do, the impact on the Lower Mainland is expected to be minimal. Dave Campbell with the BC River Forecast centre says the rate of rise in Prince George is dropping. It's expected to peak at about the ten metre mark this evening. That water … [Read more...]
Flood threat eases in Prince George
June 9, 2012 by
Flood fears are easing around Prince George, after river levels peaked earlier this morning. Dave Campbell with the River Forecast Centre says concern now shifts towards the Upper Columbia and Shuswap area. "The other biggest emerging issue is up in the northern part of the province. The Liard River has been showing pretty rapid rises over the past … [Read more...]
Two missing in Prince George boating accident
May 7, 2012 by
Search and rescue crews in Prince George are spending the night looking for two women, missing since a jet-boat flipped Sunday afternoon.Search leader Jeff Smedley says it happened along the Willow River. "Two men made it out and we've been searching for two more." Smedley says 15 searchers are continuing the search. "Currently we're putting what … [Read more...]
