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The city's Youth of the Year will be honoured by mayor and council, and by The Citizen, at tonight's public meeting. For more on this event, stay tuned to The Citizen's website and Tuesday's edition. [email protected]

This week Doug Jones of 99.3 The Drive celebrates 25 years of broadcasting in Prince George. To celebrate CN Centre is offering a buy one ticket at regular price, get another for $25 until Friday.

Northern Health advises residents of Bulkley Valley, Vanderhoof and Prince George areas that smoke from forest fires in the region can pose a potential health risk, especially for children and people with chronic conditions.

B.C. Environment has issued an air quality advisory today because of high levels of fine particulate air pollution in the Prince George airshed, a result of a forest fire southwest of Vanderhoof. B.C.

Sufey Chen's resume is a little intimidating but all inspiring. During Monday's city council meeting the 16-year-old UNBC student - that is not a typo - was officially awarded the title of Prince George Youth of the Year for 2010.

Firefighters from the Prince George Fire Centre are working to contain a fire located 20 kilometres east of Vanderhoof. The cause of the fire is not yet determined and is estimated at 880 hectares.

When safety devices go rogue: the Tara Place garage fire story. At approximately 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, 17 firefighters from three halls responded to Tara Place for a report of smoke coming from the garage of a single family residence.

News Sunday afternoon from the bush southwest of Vanderhoof confirmed that the Greer Creek forest fire is now the biggest in the province so far this year, is far from undercontrol, and an evacuation alert has been issued for some residents on the ou

A memorial to the old Cameron Street bridge may be constructed at Cottonwood Island Park. Council will consider a proposal from staff on Monday night to build a replica Howe Truss and attached it to a new pedestrian crossing proposed for the park.

A proposal to make the owner or occupier responsible for the costs of inspecting a home where a grow operation or drug-making lab is found will be taken to city council on Monday night.