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A Prince George drug enforcer will serve up to nearly eight years in jail for his role in kidnapping, confining and torturing a man who owed money to a local cocaine dealer and then putting him through another round of abuse for his "own pleasure and

A total of 51 wildfires have broken out so far this month in the region covered by the Prince George Fire Centre, all of them human caused.

The Prince George Citizen would like to welcome Sarah Makowsky to our staff as a summer intern. Sarah is from Prince George and is in her third year of studies in the Bachelor of Journalism program at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.

Organized labour plans to put more heat on Prince George's provincial Liberals. The Prince George and District Labour Council is organizing an anti-HST rally in front of the office of Prince George North and Minister of Forests Pat Bell.

The Island Mountain Arts Society that presents the Artswells Festival has received $5,000 in government funding said Dick Harris, Conservative Member of Parliament for Cariboo-Prince George and BC/Yukon Caucus Chair.

A commercial laptop that had been stolen from a Terasen Gas vehicle April 12 was recovered damaged on April 15 near Ron Brent elementary school.

People with disabilities will get help preparing for jobs as a result of a $392,409 grant from the federal government to Kopar Administration Ltd. The project will help 45 people with disabilities gain the skills they need to enter the labour market.

Prince George's future looks promising, according to the new Chamber of Commerce president, Roy Spooner. He said it's important to project "fact-based, positive messages about the city" and attack issues head on.

A new program has been launched at Baldy Hughes Addiction Treatment Centre and Therapeutic Community for addicts who turn to crime to support their habits and then become hooked to the thrill of stealing cars or breaking into homes.

A Prince George man's appeal of unlawful confinement conviction has been rejected by a B.C. Court of Appeal justice.