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Come Halloween, students at some schools won't be allowed to wear clown costumes. College Heights, Duchess Park and Kelly Road secondary schools have will have the ban and others are also following suit.

From across the nation a local nine-year-old's anti-cyber-bullying message was chosen as one of three finalists in the Telus Wise comic contest.

For one member of the P.G. & District Senior Activity Centre Society, vice president isn't just a figurehead title. It's a hands-on, tools-in-your-pocket, kneeling on the floor, grunt-work kind of title.

Nearly a third of children starting school in School District 57 are considered vulnerable, with the numbers jumping to 58 per cent in some parts of Prince George, according to a report by the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP).

There's something to be said for being invested in the community.

For the second year in a row, the University of Northern B.C. has bested its competition in Maclean's magazine's annual rankings.

An emotionally-wrenching account of the events leading up to the death of a woman at the hands of her common-law spouse on the Nadleh reserve drew sobs and tears in a packed-to-overflowing courtroom during a sentencing hearing on Wednesday.

Nearly $38 million worth of improvements to Highway 16 West have been added to the job jar. Representatives of the federal and provincial governments announced the commitment Tuesday in Terrace.

Two rest areas along Highway 16 will get free Wi-Fi, the provincial government said Tuesday. The service will be up and running at Mount Terry Fox, six km east of Tete Jaune, and at Glacier View, seven km north of Smithers, by spring 2017.

Signs of a fir bark beetle outbreak are emerging in a forested area within city limits.