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Fraser-Fort George Regional District directors approved a $46-million operating budget during their monthly meeting Thursday. Of the total, $18.6 million will be raised through property taxes, a $507,080 increase over last year.

The YMCA of Northern B.C. is more than halfway towards its Strong Kids fundraising goal.

A minor fire broke out at the Canfor Pulp's Intercon pulp mill on Thursday. Company spokeswoman Corinne Stavness said it was located at the chip infeed, where the raw material enters the mill.

A Prince George man was sentenced Wednesday to two years probation for his involvement in a high-profile theft from a supermarket last year.

A Mackenzie man is $500,000 richer after matching all four numbers on the Extra. Roscoe Hammond's winning ticket was purchased March 11 at the Mackenzie Mall lottery ticket centre.

For Randy Sokolowski, receiving a new kidney was not only life saving but life changing. "It's like having a new life," he said. "I owe my sister everything. I feel 100 per cent now. I haven't felt this good in 15 years.

You can't judge a book by its cover. The College of New Caledonia's Global Living Library delivered an interactive learning experience Wednesday.

Community grants were handed out Wednesday at the Prince George Public Library.

A documentary about one of the world's last truly intact temperate rainforests will be shown Thursday evening at the University of Northern British Columbia.

Boundary Road has been closed once again due to surface water flowing across the road, the city said shortly after 2 p.m. The road is closed from the vicinity of the roundabout at Boeing Road to the intersection at Highway 97.