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The Citizen's own Gord Hoekstra is a finalist for the award of outstanding journalism in 2009, presented by the Canadian Association of Journalists.

Prince George will be among the communities affected when Canada Post launches a new system later this summer that will see local-to-local mail dropped into the mail box on Friday sent down to Vancouver for sorting over the weekend.

The Citizen's own Gordon Hoekstra is a finalist for the award of outstanding journalism in 2009, presented by the Canadian Association of Journalists.

For the first time in decades, a new May queen will not be crowned in the Elk's May Day parade Saturday in downtown Prince George.

Residents of The Baldy Hughes Therapeutic Community and Addiction Treatment Centre are getting a leg up with the help of some businesses in Prince George.

The city's court action against the owners of the old Columbus Hotel is continuing to wind its way through the courts. A hearing is scheduled for July 27 in Vancouver to decide whether permission needs to be granted to take the cast to the B.C.

A Prince George man has been selected from hundreds to face the fearsome five dragons featured on the televised Dragons' Den show on CBC. John Geleen has an invention he's confident the Dragons will want to invest in.

If you want to hear the real story of living at the new Gateway Lodge in Prince George, you need to talk to the residents. They'll tell you exactly how it is in the $42 million retirement home that held its official opening Friday.

A second phase of work will start this Monday on River Road. To focus on a two-kilometre stretch from Foley Crescent to the CN overpass at First Avenue, the improvements will be much the same as the ones made to a 1.

Prince George RCMP encourage residents to call police immediately if they see a crime in progress. Crime Stoppers works well for reporting crimes that have already happened, but are often received too late for police to get to the scene, said Cst.