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Prince George is home to one of 25 schools in B.C. that successfully requested money for carbon neutral upgrades. The $320,227 from the Ministry of Education will buy a boiler for Ecole Lac des Bois Elementary.

Trustees are calling on the public to take better care when bright yellow school buses start flashing red.

Grade 6 students with free time on their hands can spend it on some free activity at the gym. In an effort to encourage the age group to develop healthy lifestyles, the YMCA of Northern BC is handing out free memberships.

Husky Energy got in on the city's centennial celebrations with an early birthday present.

Friday marks 100 years since the incorporation of the city of Prince George and the official kickoff to the year's centennial celebration. For the past three years, Coun.

Late Wednesday night UNBC Faculty Association said it would be on the picket lines starting 8 a.m. Thursday morning. Wage remains the main point of contention.

Police in Prince George are now investigating the violent death of a local man. Efforts at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. to save the life of a stabbing victim were unsuccessful, Wednesday afternoon, turning the case into a homicide.

Students who can't get enough soccer now have a high school course dedicated to the sport. School District 57 approved the proposed course, called Soccer Performance 10, set to be offered at Duchess Park Secondary.

Later this week a group of local medical professionals will land in Zimbabwe to offer health support to the southern African nation. A first trip of its kind, the project was born from the minds of two Canadians looking to help their homeland.

Dismay over cuts to public education announced in February's provincial budget coloured the conversation throughout School District 57's meeting Tuesday night.