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Treacherous road conditions caused by black ice Monday morning on Highway 16 East resulted in reports of three vehicle accidents within 10 minutes, said Cst. Gary Godwin, RCMP media liaison. The accidents involve a total of 11 or 12 vehicles.

RCMP happenings in Prince Rupert Feb. 15 to 21 reported by RCMP Cst. Erin Stevenson: An intoxicated male racked up a $50 cab fare and then refused to pay the driver. So the driver treated the passenger to a free ride to the police station.

By the time Boundary Road is ready for the heavy trucks it's being designed to handle, more than 14,000 hours of engineering work will have been devoted to the project, according to the latest calculation from L&M Engineering's Jason Boyes.

Prince George RCMP were called out to deal with two stabbings over Friday night. Shortly after 11 p.m. they were called out to the 4500 block of Buba Road in the Hart industrial area where a youth was stabbed in the neck with a piece of glass.

The man alleged to have used an axe and a hammer in two robberies last week appeared in court on Thursday. Richard B.

Nearby homes were evacuated Friday night after what turned out to be the contents of a bomb were found in the carport of a home on Moffat Street in the Quinson neighbourhood.

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Load Restrictions in Effect Prince George, BC- Pursuant to Section 6 of the City of Prince George "Highway Bylaw No.

Lumber prices slipping After a spike earlier in the year, lumber prices are dropping. According to Madison's Canadian Lumber Reporter the benchmark random length spruce-pine-fir two-by-four was pegged at $270 US.

The book is about to close on the Final Chapter. The remaining holdout in a quest by Commonweath Properties Ltd.