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It was a busy day at Baldy Hughes Therapeutic Community & Farm Wednesday as an open house was held to celebrate graduations and academic achievements of residents and acknowledge work done by staff and volunteers at the facility that offers a residen

Ever since they were kids growing up in Fort St. James, Nathan Teegee and Todd Alec had a common goal of becoming doctors and they recently took a major step towards achieving it.

The B.C. Justice Education Society has launched a new website to help non-experts with legal issues. Found at www.JusticeEducation.ca, it features JES, a virtual assistant who can guide users through any of 10 topics.

Stiffer penalties for distracted driving came into effect Wednesday. From now on the base fine for the offence is $368, more than double the old levy, and it draws four penalty points, up from three.

School District 57 approved its budget at Tuesday's meeting, pulling over $420,000 from its surplus to balance the document.

Short and sassy. That's the style Andrea Sampson requested from the hairdresser as she peered into the mirror Tuesday morning.

Local farmers need more support from the provincial and federal governments and local governments need to lobby for that funding, said a community report to city council Monday. Councillors voted unanimously to put a resolution before the Union of B.

Amid falling ridership and years without service improvements, council approved a 6.5 per cent budget increase for its transit system. The funding for transit is through cost-sharing between the city and the province, with Prince George taking on 53.

With the help of 220 students at Immaculate Conception school, National Victims and Survivors of Crime Week was kicked off Monday with the formation of a "human mandala.

The Parole Board of Canada has given a federal parolee who has been operating an antiques store in Prince George permission to move to Vancouver Island.