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Rachel Burns knees gave out Saturday, 16 kilometres south of Clinton on Highway 97. She needed a break from the gruelling grind she'd endured on her road bike, one that began four months ago in southern Florida.

Duchess Park secondary school parents are asking the school board to reconsider a report's recommendation to remove its french immersion program.

Celebrating the business community's best young talent is now a tradition in Prince George. The Chamber of Commerce is once again lining up the city's Top 40 Under 40. That begins with a long list of nominees made by the public at large.

A Prince George youth has been sentenced to a further 100 days in jail followed by 50 days community supervision and 20 months probation for her role in a January 2013 attack that left a severely beaten teenage male unconscious in a snowbank.

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is urging drivers to keep a close eye out for children playing outside, especially around playgrounds and residential areas, now that summer has started.

Burnaby-Lougheed MLA Jane Shin has now seen more of northern B.C.'s backroads and whistlestops than many longtime regional residents. She's got the dust on the Fiat to prove it.

Record-breaking heat is possible by the time the weekend rolls around. The daytime high is expected to reach 29 C on Saturday and then 30 on Sunday and Monday, according to an Environment Canada five-day forecast issued Tuesday.

The University of Northern B.C. more than makes the grade, according to new results of an alumni survey. More than 80 per cent are employed in their area of study, and half of graduates got work within a month of leaving the northern campus.

Starting in September, School District 57 students can access university courses. The dual-credit program with the University of Northern B.C.

All three proposals submitted by University of Northern B.C. researchers to a national agency won funding for a total of $436,000.