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Long-time Exploration Place executive director Tracy Calogheros is seeking the nomination to run for the Liberals in Cariboo-Prince George in the next federal election.

Books & Company, the beloved downtown bookstore and arts mecca, has now put Prince George on the map in a new way.

Halfway through the year and there have been starts on 81 new single-family homes in Prince George and area so far, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation numbers released Thursday. That's up from 53 starts by the same point last year.

The University of Northern B.C. has created a new position focused on the institution's aboriginal relations. Rheanna Robinson will act as senior advisor to president Daniel Weeks on the issue.

The B.C. Freshwater Fisheries Society is hosting two learn-to-fish classes for kids ages five to 15 at Shane Lake in Forests for the World. They will be held on Thurs., July 16 and Thurs., Aug. 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Twenty-five years of anticipation can finally be put to rest today when the Holzworth family gets a look inside the city's 75th anniversary time capsule.

Jumping into the river may be a tempting way to get out of the heat - and escape the mosquitoes - but if you do, the physics that come with moving water may well work against you unless you know what you're doing.

The Hearts and Hands for Homes Society remains in the process of considering its options following a B.C. Supreme Court decision this week ordering the group to hand over its assets to Habitat for Humanity Canada.

The hot weather Prince George and area has been experiencing over the last week or so is about to give way to a markedly cooler trend.

A Prince George man is in custody and faces a long list of charges following a property crime spree over the weekend.