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CBC has a movie scheduled to air Saturday called The Sweet Hereafter. It's about a lawyer who seeks input from parents who lost children in a Canadian bus crash that claimed 14 lives.

The 28th annual Hospice Society's Antique Fair and Marketplace began Saturday morning with a line up of people eager to cross the threshold to discover treasures at 9:30 with doors opening at 10 a.m.

The 11th annual Northern B.C. Healthier You Awards were presented Friday at a gala at the Ramada Plaza celebrating those who have made a positive impact in the region.

Premier John Horgan was pulling for the Powell River Kings in the BCHL playoffs, being a former resident of the general area. He was in Prince George for their defeat at the hands of the Spruce Kings.

A drunken, swerving drive along a local highway has earned a McLeod Lake man a four-month conditional sentenced order - effectively house arrest - and a one-year driving prohibition.

Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond is being recognized by the ALS Society of B.C. for her recent work as a community advocate. The society awarded Bond their exceptional advocacy award at an event in Richmond on Tuesday. The ALS Society of B.C.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the B.C. government against Canadian Forest Products and one of its contractors over a 6,100-hectare forest fire on Crown lands near Vanderhoof in 2010.

A man has been arrested and charged with passing counterfeit currency. Bruce Albert Patrick, 38, faces seven counts in relation to alleged incidents on December 27, December 28 and February 14 in Prince George, according to court records.

A Prince George man has been fined $1,000 after his dog got loose and attacked a passerby for the second time in less than a year. Kerry Lowley was issued the penalty Friday in Prince George provincial court under the city's animal control bylaw.

Former Fort McMurray fire chief Darby Allen saw more than his fair share of devastation over the course of the 2016 wildfires in northern Alberta. But the extreme circumstances also brought out the best in people.