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Coming back to her hometown to practice medicine is a "dream come true" for Dr. Sarah Roberts.

In the wee hours of Friday morning, excited residents gathered at the Prince George Airport to welcome the first Syrian family sponsored as refugees by the Westwood Church.

Prince George RCMP suspect the same person is behind a pair of suspicious incidents reported to the detachment on Friday morning. At 7:45 a.m.

More than $4,000 was raised during the annual Ness Lake Bible Camp Polar Bear Dip held January 1. There were 55 people who were brave enough to take the plunge and help send children to camp who would not ordinarily be able to afford to attend.

A man who shot an adversary and left him lying in a driveway bleeding and writhing in pain was described during a sentencing hearing Thursday as a devoted father and successful business manager who succumbed to the "curse of addiction.

A Prince George man was released on bail Wednesday to attend an addictions treatment program after pleading guilty to charges related to the theft of a pickup truck and copper wire from a local business.

As Westwood Church welcomed its first Syrian family Thursday night, the second family it's sponsoring may be hot on their heels. Pastor Mark Wessner recently learned that all the paperwork is complete for the mother and teenage son and daughter.

A man found guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl after she had passed out during a drinking party slightly more than eight years ago was sentenced Thursday to one year in jail followed by two years probation.

A Prince George shop teacher has received a two-day suspension of his teaching certificate for repeatedly insulting one student and threatening to "beat" another last school year.