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The fate of 14 schools and the French immersion program will be decided tonight when school district trustees determine which will be closed and reconfigured. The meeting is set for 6 p.m.

Simon Fraser Lodge is moving 29 clients to Rainbow Lodge. The facility on Laurier Crescent is temporarily shifting residents to its counterpart on Liard Drive as it rebuilds part and renovates the remainder of its building.

The road from Queensway to the cemetery will be temporarily closed shortly after noon Tuesday as Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick is laid to rest.

The City of Prince George will open Connaught Hill Park on Thursday for vehicle access. The gate will be open from April through August from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and September through October from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Cynthia Dykhuizen was not victorious but "experience" is now a prominent word in her vocabulary. The 12-year-old from Barlow Creek elementary school represented northern B.C.

UNBC president George Iwama expects to have shortly a clearer picture of the specifics for a wood innovation and design centre that's long been in the proposal stages for Prince George.

The cost of attending UNBC will be on the rise as the university's board of governors passed a two-per-cent increase to tuition fees on Saturday just prior to approving a $66.3-million operating budget for 2010-11.

A Prince George's businessman's claim his rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms combined with financial trouble entitle him to legal counsel at the public's expense has been rejected. In written judgment issued last week, B.C.

The master's project of a recent University of Northern British Columbia graduate has led to a place where Prince George residents can go for affordable counseling.

College of New Caledonia students will pay on average $50 more in tuition next year. The school's board of directors gave the OK to a two-per-cent increase in tuition on Friday just prior to approving a $46.