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A Fort St. James man was sentenced Tuesday to a further six months in jail for ramming an RCMP vehicle and forcing an early-morning pursuit through the city's Bowl-area streets earlier this year.

As much as 15 centimetres of snow is expected to fall on the Pine Pass, according to an alert Environment Canada issued late Tuesday morning. "Total snowfall amount of 10 cm is expected today and another five cm tonight," Environment Canada said.

Highway 39 to Mackenzie was closed and one person was injured Tuesday morning following a two-vehicle collision about 10 kilometres north of the junction with Highway 97. The extent of the victim's injuries are unknown.

Residents called for more housing and more of the same when it came to downtown revitalization at Monday night's Talktober event.

This was one fight Harold Mann couldn't win. Mann, a Prince George boxing legend who punched his way to international gold at the 1962 British Empire Games, died on Sunday at the age of 78.

A 31-year-old Prince George man was sentenced Monday to a further three years and 7 1/2 months in prison for a series of sex-related offences against two women and two teenage stepdaughters.

After a little over year in operation, Northern Lights Estate Winery has already earned the highest of local accolades. B.C.

A 38-year-old man died in hospital Friday from injuries suffered when he was hit by a vehicle in Quesnel. A -35-year-old woman who was also struck at the corner of Front Street and Carson Avenue was treated for minor injuries. Both were pedestrians.

When Christina Draegen first started as a native courtworker after almost a decade counselling, the shift in perspectives was profound. She didn't see any movement toward healing in the court system.

Setting up a blockade has hindered rather than helped members of an aboriginal band who have been trying to stop a logging operation north of Fort St. James. B.C.