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Equipping northern B.C.'s aboriginal communities with the ability to participate in incoming trades jobs will go a long way towards closing the skills gap, said the federal employment minister.

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The provincial government handed down a budget Tuesday that was long on metaphor and short on brightly wrapped treasures. "I'm happy we're staying the course," said Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Mike Morris.

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Police have arrested a man in Edmonton suspected of committing a sexual assault in Prince George. Vernon Bret Faithful, 22, was apprehended last Thursday by the Alberta city's police service, Prince George RCMP said.

A Prince George man with a history of similar offences was sentenced Tuesday to a further eight months in jail for attempting to shoplift more than $500 worth of groceries and then getting into a scuffle with the store's loss prevention officer.

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A Prince George man was sentenced to 117 further days in jail Tuesday for beating up a man and then extorting more than $800 from him.

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A Prince George man was sentenced Tuesday to a two month conditional sentence and one year probation for stealing an RCMP bait truck.