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During Canada's 143rd birthday Thursday, thousands are expected to turn Fort George Park into a sea of red and white flags, hats and T-shirts as they celebrate Canada Day in Prince George.

What a difference a decade makes seemed to be the theme running through the minds of people gathered to mark the tenth year since a headline-making community health rally branded northern B.C. as an area in crisis.

School district trustees and staff will take a closer look at a request to allow a bus to pick up out-of-catchment students attending Nukko Lake elementary school.

One of six people in a residence in the 100 block of McLean Drive was taken to hospital late Tuesday night with undetermined burns after more than a dozen firefighters responded to the call of a house fire. The call came in around 11 p.m.

McBride RCMP seized about 1,000 marijauna plants June 20 from a rural residence on Mountainview Road. Police located a well established grow operation run by a complex and "ultimately dangerous" electrical system, said Cst.

The federal government granted an HST exemption for First Nations in Ontario, but B.C. Aboriginals won't receive the same courtesy. First Nations in B.C.

A case for making Willow River the home of a new elementary school to replace the now-closed facility in Giscome was made to school board trustees on Tuesday.

BC Hydro has selected a project in the McBride area to be awarded an electricity purchase agreement . Castle Mountain Hydro's Benjamin Creek run-of-river project is designed to generate 27 gigawatt hours of power.

As many as 1,500 flags will be flying around the city when the bid committee for the Canada Winter Games comes to Prince George later this some - thanks to a $3,400 contribution from Pacific BioEnergy.

Prince George RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in locating a 15-year-old missing youth from Prince George. Glen James Louis was last seen on Saturday, June 19 at about 2:45 p.m.