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Two University of Northern British Columbia students have become the first of what is hoped to be many to participate in an exchange program that will take them to the other side of the world to bolster their studies of indigenous culture.

Ralph Edward Smith, 65 years old, has been found safe, RCMP is reporting. Smith had left his residence on Rainbow Drive on Tuesday and was seen on Connaught Hill Wednesday morning.

A 20-year-old man faces a charge of arson causing damage to property in relation to two fires set Wednesday night along the John Dahl Trail near the Mackenzie Leisure Center.

The owner of Alder Hills golf course is asking for the public's help in tracking down those behind a vandalism spree that wreaked thousands of dollars in damage to the course's greens.

The B.C. SPCA's Million Acts of Kindness campaign is more than halfway towards its goal.

Prince George RCMP are asking for the public's help to locate a missing local man. It's believed Matthew John White, 28, left Prince George on July 10 and has not spoken to friends or family since July 29.

The Salvage Store will stay open for business for now, despite operating in a legal limbo. The Hearts and Hands for Homes Society is appealing a July B.C. Supreme Court decision in favour of Habitat for Humanity Canada.

Prince George RCMP arrested 13 people and seized a "significant amount" of drugs after executing a search warrant on an 1800-block Spruce Street home on Saturday afternoon.

The public has until Oct. 14 to comment on a B.C. Timber Sales proposal to extend the forest stewardship plan for the Prince George business area by five years. The proposal comes in the form of a draft amendment that can be viewed at www.for.gov.bc.

British Columbia will be critical in choosing the next federal government, according to incumbent Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP and NDP candidate Nathan Cullen.