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Fraser-Fort George Regional District directors approved a $45.8-million operating budget during their monthly meeting Thursday. The total is about $200,000 less than last year's budget but the total property tax levy will rise by $300,000 to $18.

Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Bob Zimmer likes what he's heard so far about pending gun control legislation the federal government is expected to introduce on Tuesday - but that could change as the details are rolled out.

Wilf Peckham lived a life filled with music, dancing, fishing, curling, skiing, and picking huckleberries and he did it full-throttle, with much laughter, with his family close by and his Prince George sweetheart by his side.

Northern FanCon has one to beam aboard from the original Star Trek cast. One could, in a literary way, say that this special guest earned the Star of Freedom for the depth of work done on the show and the depth of ground broken in western culture.

Leo Sabulsky had no desire to be a cooperative cancer patient. The retired teacher had been diagnosed with cancer in 2016 and had made his way from his hometown of Chetwynd to the B.C. Cancer Centre for the North for treatment.

Prince George RCMP are asking cashiers to be wary after receiving reports of counterfeit cash popping up at local businesses. Two Caucasian men in their 20s are suspected of passing fake $100 Canadian bills.

Three men wanted in connection with a break and enter earlier this year. Vanderhoof RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating Alfred Jones David, 37, Robbie Norman Gibbons, 29, and Tyler Walter Orenchuk, 32.

A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the fatal shootings of two men that shocked and devastated a remote northern B.C. community. In December, B.C.

A downtown restaurant will host a charity dinner for the Association Advocating for Women and Children. It's set for this Wednesday, March 21 at Betulla Burning, 1253 Third Ave.

The chair of Prince George's school board believes a recent report demonstrates the government's current funding model for rural education is inadequate.