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City firefighters were called to the scene of a house fire at 3251 Christensen Rd. on Friday night at about 10 p.m. Prince George Fire Rescue responded with 15 firefighters from three halls and found heavy smoke coming from the residence.

Quesnel and surrounding areas are set to undergo road improvements totalling $9 million this spring. The Ministry of Transportation has committed $7 million toward resurfacing Highway 26 from Wingdam to Barverville.

Members of the North College Park Support Group wanted their voices heard.

Parliament will vote Wednesday on whether to send Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty's private member's bill on post-traumatic stress disorder to third reading and study by an all-party committee.

The Prince George and District Teachers Association is recommending its members vote in favour of a tentative deal to implement last year's Supreme Court of Canada ruling restoring classroom conditions, president Richard Giroday said Monday.

A jury began deliberations midday Monday on whether a man accused manslaughter with a firearm and careless use of a firearm in the shooting death of his fiance is guilty of either of the counts.

Across Canada, a confrontation party is building and Prince George has been invited. The Canadian Coalition of Concerned Citizens is a Montreal-based Facebook group that has about 2,500 members online.

The new BC Transit operations and maintenance facility in Prince George will be at the proposed location at the corner of Foothills Boulevard and 18th Avenue.

Prince George-Valemont MLA Shirley Bond and Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Mike Morris announced a long-term action plan for communities in rural B.C. on Friday. The Building on our Rural Advantages: B.C.

Two Fort St. John men have been ordered to pay a combined $8,000 in fines and penalties after filming themselves jumping onto the back of a moose on a lake near Fort Nelson in July 2014.