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The risk of wildfire is expected to increase as higher temperatures and lower humidity contribute to dryer forest fuels. Under new regulations announced July 1, campfires cannot be larger than a half-metre high by a half-metre wide.

A Prince George businessman's fight against the federal goverment's tax collector has cleared a major hurdle. A B.C.

Coun. Brian Skakun will start looking to other sources to raise money for his legal battle after city council opted this week against considering a request to have the local taxpayer cover his bills.

The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia is urging the federal Cabinet to come to a timely decision regarding Taskeo Mines proposed $800-million Prosperity copper-gold mine in central B.C.

Two Fort Nelson teenagers are in critical condition as a result of a July 3 collision between a truck and an all-terrain vehicle.

The Prince George Fire Centre is urging the public to use caution with campfires as temperatures are expected to rise to 30 C this weekend.

It was exactly six years Monday that an Alexis Creek woman was last seen, but her family continues their search.

While involved in the excitement of watching the Williams Lake Stampede, most people are not aware of the countless hours of volunteer work that go into putting on an event of this size.

A 98-year-old Prince George man was bestowed a unique honour Tuesday by a B.C. researcher. George Dashwood Sr., a resident at Simon Fraser Lodge, is now the namesake of the rare Lasioglossum Dashwoodi bee species in B.C.

Low water pressure at a strata complex on Davis Court is frustrating residents. The developer of the complex took the issue to city council Monday night but Paul Toor was called out of order by the end of the meeting.