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For Ryan LeBlanc the journey toward medicine has been one in search of more: more understanding, more expertise, more knowledge. By 2010, LeBlanc already had his pharmacy degree, but he soon learned that wasn't enough.

A Sunday afternoon fire has caused an estimated $500,000 in damages to a Ferguson Lake Road home. The "secluded residence" was ablaze when the 16 firefighters from three halls arrived, and though they tried to enter, the crew was forced to withdraw.

A Fort Nelson man died from injuries sustained in an ATV crash on Saturday morning. North District RCMP said the 40-year-old rolled his ATV on a rural trail south of Fort Nelson and they believe both alcohol and speed were factors.

Quiet winds and cool temperatures mean the 24,000 hectare Little Bobtail Lake fire is 15 per cent contained as of Monday morning.

Citizen staff Bright colours and delicious treats mingled along Ospika and outside of CN Centre as Prince George and the Guru Nanak Darbar Society celebrated Vaisakhi Saturday.

When Citizen managing editor Neil Godbout put out the call Thursday to identify the young Citizen carrier perched on a Shetland pony in an old photo, there were two calls to identify the carrier and one to identify the pony.

New mobile radio communication protocols are coming to resource roads in the Central Interior.

While one major northern First Nation was saying no to a front-running LNG project, the same project got an affirmative answer from another of the north's bigger aboriginal bands.

The pace of home building in Prince George and area continues to remain well ahead of last year, according to the latest numbers from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Less than 48 hours after arriving at the Canadian Open Judo championships, Lisa Russell went and captured a silver medal.