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Two men pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder in the January 2012 death of Fribjon Bjornson, whose remains were found in an abandoned home on the Nak'azdli reserve adjacent to Fort St. James.

Crime rates among young adults spike immediately after they reach drinking age, according to a new study by a Prince George researcher.

Residents hoping to sway the mayor and city councillors with well-argued oratory will have to be more succinct with new rules for public hearings taking effect.

A conference on helping people dealing with past trauma will be held this fall in the city. Prince George RCMP's victim services and community policing sections will be hosting "Healing Through Learning: Trauma-Informed Practice in Northern B.C.

The B.C. Wildfire Service is lifting a ban on small-scale open burning in the Prince George Fire Centre.

North District RCMP and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia are urging drivers to take care as they head out onto the highways this Labour Day long weekend. Last year, 16 people were injured in 120 crashes in North Central B.C.

A former mixed martial artist facing four drug-related charges failed to appear in Prince George provincial court on Tuesday for the start of a trial on the matters.

A wasting disease could be making its way west, so B.C. hunters have been asked to report any sick or dying deer, moose and elk. Chronic wasting disease, which is always fatal, only affects those in the deer family. Biologists sounded the alert in B.

Prince George firefighters will be able to administer the life-saving drug naloxone by the end of next month.