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Break and enter crimes and property thefts have risen in the last year, according to a Prince George RCMP report for city council Monday.

Forest companies appear to have controlled wood dust in their sawmills and pellet plants following deadly explosions in 2012, but WorkSafeBC continues to keep the pressure on to ensure safety.

The operator of what police have called a "problem drug house" was sentenced Thursday to a further 15 months in jail after he was twice caught dealing cocaine and methamphetamine from the home over a 3 1/2 month span.

A Prince George woman was fined $800 in Prince George provincial court Wednesday for unlawfully selling liquor. Susan Smith, 49, must also pay a $120 victim surcharge for the violation of the Liquor Control Act.

A company with deep local roots has been profiled province-wide by the provincial government. Trexiana, owned and operated by former longtime resident Mike Callewaert, was just profiled in the online publication B.C.

A book for the north by the north takes on the impact of globalization on resource communities - and contrary to common narratives, it is not a passive recipient to the process.

At the root of many indigenous plant names, lifelong researcher Nancy Turner has found the hint of a common history or at the very least the seeds of connection. For more than four decades, Turner has trained her attention on B.C.

Norah Freethy, a 25-year subscriber to the Prince George Citizen, never wins anything but she can't say that any more.

A man who was arrested twice over a three and 1/2 month span for dealing drugs out of his home was self-medicating for undiagnosed cancer at the time of his arrests, the court heard Wednesday.

A man who shot his 36-year-old son to death during a fishing trip in northern B.C. has been sent to prison for four years.