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Four local groups are among those that have received community gaming grant funding for public safety initiatives, the provincial government said this week.

Permits for $2 million worth of construction were taken out in January, according to a monthly report from city hall. That's way down from $9.7 million over the same month last year and also down from the $2.9 million reached in January 2014.

A Prince George man who is suing over injuries he allegedly suffered while riding a mechanical bull knew the risks when he hopped on the machine, the businesses he is taking action against say in a response.

Bob Zimmer has been elected vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

A five-year-old boy has been awarded $31,000 in court for emotional suffering after his mother crashed a car four years ago because she was driving too fast in winter.

A vehicle incident one kilometre west of Houston has reduced Highway 16 to single-lane alternating in that area, according to a DriveBC bulletin posted shortly after 7 a.m.

With the launch of its open data portal Monday, Prince George has joined a small group of B.C. communities committed to putting information onto the screens of its citizens.

No hens will come home to roost in Prince George after councillors defeated a motion Monday night to bring them to city dweller's backyards. "Leave chickens on the farm where they belong," said Coun.

Without the language to define abuse, there is no way to gather statistics in Canada said Dr.

This is not the traditional territory of the Nadleh Whut'en First Nation, but a large contingent of their people came to Prince George this past week to sign an agreement for a pipeline to pass through their historic lands.