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BC Wildfire Service will burn about 40 hectares near Mackenzie next week in an effort to reduce the area's wildfire risk. The go-ahead for the controlled burn - expected to be from Sept.

A car crashed through Ospika Animal Hospital Tuesday afternoon. Prince George RCMP were called to the 2300 block of Ospika Boulevard at around 2 p.m.

Violating the city's parking rules just got more expensive as city council approved new rates. Most fines are $50, double the price tag it cost tardy parkers previously.

A woman is lucky to be alive after she was struck and "run over" by a train Monday night, police said. The "heavily intoxicated" 46-year-old was trespassing on CN Rail property when she was hit near 1st Avenue and Dominion Street.

The province handed $1.2 million in trades funding to the College of New Caledonia Monday to buy new equipment.

The 24th Take Back the Night march will see women and children take to the streets of downtown Prince George Friday night, with speeches starting at 6:30 p.m. at city hall and the walk to follow.

The multi-million-dollar updates to the city's two pools will be a decision for a future council with other more pressing capital costs on this council's radar.

As its final act - aside from signing dissolution papers - the 2015 Canada Winter Games Host Society spoke before city council to present its financial legacy. The society ended in the black with $1.1 million in legacy funds, council heard Monday.

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