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For months, Dan Brooks and Rick Peterson have crisscrossed the province making their best pitch to members of the B.C. Conservative party.

Prince George low-income seniors and people with a terminal illness can get a legal hand with making a will at no cost. They can get the service by calling Access Pro Bono at 1-877-762-6664 and ask for the lawyer roster service.

Tax rates for homeowners will rise 2.5 per cent this year, while the majority of the remaining property classes will see a 2.33 per cent increase.

Local government leaders took their ideas for new ways of generating money for municipalities to Victoria last week. Prince George Coun. Murry Krause, who sits on the Union of B.C.

The Keg has changed hands. For its entire existence in Prince George - it opened in 1976 - it has been under the watch of franchisee Kelly Nordin but when he passed away in 2012 it was held by the parent company until a new site-owner could be found.

The Prince George Chamber of Commerce has come out against the incoming new provincial recycling plan. While the idea of a city-wide recycling program is looked upon favourably by many, the local chamber said it doesn't endorse the Multi-Material B.

A noontime rally, complete with T-shirts and cake, was held Monday at the corner of Third and Victoria to kick off National Victims of Crime Awareness Week in Prince George.

Several events are scheduled in Prince George over the next five days in the name of National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, starting with a rally at noon today at the corner of Third and Victoria.

A new DriveBC webcam is up and running near Tete Jaune Cache. The webcam displays views on Highway 16 at the Highway 5 junction, about 270 km east of Prince George. The real-time images can be found at DriveBC.

Kitimat residents are going to the polls this month to give their opinions on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, but Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen believes the non-binding referendum has been "heavily tainted.