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A Prince George man has been found not guilty of deliberately driving over one of his adversaries, but faces sentencing on other charges from a confrontation with two men in a local parking lot two years ago.

The Prince George RCMP's victim services section is looking to increase its volunteer base. "We have an amazing, close knit and dedicated team of 12 volunteers but we like to have that number closer to 20," coordinator Krista Levar said.

Prince George RCMP took no chances Saturday evening when they responded to report of someone running with a long gun into an apartment building.

Hundreds came to National Aboriginal Day celebrations and to the renaming of the Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park and spoke about what National Aboriginal Day means them: "This particular Aboriginal Day means some truth and reconciliation.

Reconciliation can take form in so many simple gestures, like so many grains of sand trickling through an hourglass. "Like the sands of time," said visiting Chief Robert Joseph at the official renaming of Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park.

B.C. is committing $300,000 towards a two-year project that will encourage education, awareness and dialogue around the legacy of federal Indian Residential School.

When Wendell Unger made a $5 pledge to support the idea of higher education in the north, post-secondary for his children, then babies, was a far-off dream.

At Saturday's 25th anniversary celebrations, the University of Northern B.C. welcomed Ryan Matheson as the Board of Governor's new chair. Matheson is a UNBC graduate and will become the first alumni to take on the leadership role.

Sunday's Show and Shine was like most days Norm Ferris brings out his white and blue beauty of a 1956 Mercury. "You don't want to be in a hurry," Ferris said.

Sealcoating on Highway 97, north of Prince George, is set to begin in mid-June, thanks to a $1.64-million contract from the B.C. government.