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24 years later, killer hitchhiker returns to B.C. to answer for his crime

It was Sept. 10, 2001, a week after Labour Day. The night air near Hixon felt like autumn. Two men on motorcycles visiting from the United States pulled off Highway 97 at the Woodpecker Rest Area, 46 kilometres south of Prince George. Something caught their attention. Rustling in the bushes. A bear spray can, a […]

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Coastal Nations double down on pipeline opposition in meeting with prime minister

An alliance of First Nations has reiterated its opposition to an Alberta bitumen pipeline to B.C.’s northern coast in a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Following the sit-down meeting in Prince Rupert this morning (Jan. 13), leaders of the Coastal First Nations – Great Bear Initiative held a press conference at the Crest Hotel

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Sentencing underway for B.C. RMCP officer who told witness to delete phone video

The junior Prince George RCMP officer who directed a witness to delete a smartphone video the night an Indigenous man died in police custody in 2017 should be jailed for six months for obstruction of justice, according to a Crown prosecutor. But the defence lawyer for Arthur Dalman, 33, said he should instead receive a

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