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When Andrea Cake got the call around this time last year to tell her she won the Hospice Dream Home Lottery, she couldn't quite believe it.

By a landslide vote by Citizen readers, the Prince George newsmaker of the year is Cst. Aaron Kehler, the RCMP officer who pulled over Cody Legebokoff in 2010, leading to his conviction this year for murdering four women.

There was a report of an explosion at the YMCA of Northern B.C. at about 10:08 this morning. The Prince George Fire Rescue responded with 16 firefighters from three halls to find the building had been evacuated and there were no signs of fire.

The Celebration of Lights at the Railway and Forestry Museum was such a huge success before the holidays, the team decided to keep it open each day from 4 to 7 p.m. until New Year's Eve.

As was expected, decisions made in city council's marathon July 8, 2013 core services review meeting continued to reverberate through the next year's workplan. But instead of moving forward, there were a couple of issues on which council backtracked.

It was a rocky start to 2014 for those driving on city roads and those paid to maintain them. The sun had set on 2013 without city of Prince George management and unionized staff coming to an agreement after a year of collective bargaining.

Cirque du Soleil caterers have been known to jump through a few hoops of their own. The Dralion tour requires 18 semi-rigs to transport all their gear. One of them is a portable kitchen.

Bea Dezell died on March 6 at the age of 105.

Anyone in Prince George who wants a doctor can get one, according to a report from the Prince George Division of Family Practice.

Congratulations Prince George. With just a few days left, the city is close to going a year without a murder or a manslaughter. That's a far cry from 2010 when there were seven within city limits and two more in the surrounding area.