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The majority of city residents not currently receiving garbage collection services want to keep it that way.

Initiatives Prince George is undertaking a study to help local businesses target the best places in the country to recruit skilled workers.

Prince George RCMP are seeking the public's help to find a wanted man who eluded police capture on Friday.

Operation Red Nose provided 52 safe rides home on Friday -the first night of the volunteer service's season. It was a strong start for the program, providing 12 more rides than during its first night of operation in 2012.

A B.C.-wide public consultation that will include a forum in Prince George has begun as part of a review of safety and speed limits along the province's rural highways .

A candlelit vigil will be held this afternoon for those who have died as a result of HIV/AIDS. The vigil will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today at The Fire Pit Cultural Drop-In Centre (1120 Third Ave.), and will feature aboriginal drummers and dinner.

A cancer diagnosis can be difficult enough to handle without having to worry about how to get to and from medical appointments. For people in Prince George, the Freemasons of B.C.

The public is being asked to stay away from the corner of Fifth and Moffatt where police have a house surrounded this morning. Prince George RCMP declined to provide further details for the time being.

Northern Health provided a limited response this week to a BC Coroners Service report on the death of a woman who committed suicide shortly after she was released from the psychiatric ward at the University Hospital of the North.

An approved increase to the city manager's budget will allow for the hiring of communications staff.