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Celebrating the 42nd annual Spring Arts Bazaar the Prince George and District Community Arts Council hosted their ever-popular event Saturday, which included the taste-testing challenge of chili fest.

Under a cloudy sky National Health and Fitness Day activities took place Saturday morning at Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park.

There was a structure fire at the BioEnergy plant in the 9000 block of the Willow Cale Forest Road reported at about 8 p.m. Friday night.

During the last online poll, The Citizen said "Translink in Vancouver has dropped Morgan Freeman's voice from a promotional campaign after misconduct allegations.

Send off the salmon. If you're fishing for excitement at the riverbank, imagine the spectacle of 2,000 fish fry getting discharged into the Nechako River like the opening bell at the Kentucky Derby.

A ban on small-scale open burning - or Category 2 fires - will be lifted effective Saturday in the Prince George Fire Centre's jurisdiction. But be careful.

Stand-up pouches, crinkly potato chip bags and net bags for produce will be accepted at 116 depots across B.C. starting Monday - but drop-off points in Prince George will not be among them.

Most so-called "weekend loggers" are unaware of the risks they're taking in terms of working around power lines, according to a survey conducted on behalf of BC Hydro.

Distressed and tearful, a mother pleaded for the safe return of her teenage son on Friday. "It's just the worst thing any mother can go through," a sobbing Phyllis Fleury said as she spoke to local media gathered at the Prince George RCMP detachment.

Walkers, runners and cyclists are now allowed back at the parks and trails that were closed due to the high water.