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A new sawmill is now cutting timber in the region. The Minister of Forests was on hand, so rare has it been in recent years of mill contractions, to welcome the brand new operation.

The $25 fee passengers must pay every time they have to fly out of the Prince George is an "embarrassment" but one everyone will have to live with for some time yet, Prince George Airport Authority CEO John Gibson told city council on Monday night.

The same day Prince George installed its first ever pride walk, painters were working on Pine Centre Mall pavement to give the city its second rainbow street too.

Prince George's fire department needs to build a new fire hall and hire as many as 20 more firefighters to meet the demands unique to the city, according to a report to city council. "(Fire Hall No.

The area around Third and George downtown has grown into a crime hotspot, according to Prince George RCMP Supt. Warren Brown.

Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick Bravery Park on Glenview Drive in the Hart will see construction start Tuesday on a multi use park. In attendance to mark the occasion are members of the Fitzpatrick family and Mayor Lyn Hall, among others.

The Pride crosswalk is under construction Tuesday morning at Seventh Avenue and Canada Games Way, a rather poignant reminder of the massacre that took place at the Pulse night club in Orlando, Florida early Sunday morning.

Local Member of Parliament Bob Zimmer introduced a petition in the House of Commons in May, urging the federal public safety minister to reclassify the Armalite AR-15 rifle back to non-restricted status, the same style of gun used in the massacre at

An RCMP report before city council earmarked traffic offences, chronic offenders and domestic violence as key priorities for next year.

On the same concrete stage, where one after another spoke of the strength and resilience of the LGBTQ community, someone had placed a single bright candle, its orange wax bleeding into yellow, and the light snuffed.