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The number of wildfire evacuees registered in Prince George doubled over the weekend. The count stood at nearly 2,700 as of midday Monday, up from roughly 1,300 as of Friday morning, according to city hall.

After a successful planned ignition Saturday on the Shovel Lake wildfire 5 km of guard has been secured from Stern Lake east.

If you come too close she'll swat your hand away just as if you were one of the many annoying wasps that seem to be anywhere people are during these very smokey Prince George days.

David Luggi and his family were packed and ready to go at a moment's notice on Friday. Their community of Stellako is on the western edge of Fraser Lake, just outside an evacuation order area, one of several in north-central B.C.

Due to the wildfire evacuation of Fort St. James, there will be no newspaper delivery to the area until further notice. The Citizen wants to keep everyone safe, including those hard-working delivery drivers.

Anyone who donates to the Red Cross's wildfire relief fund will have their contribution matched by the B.C. government.

The last Citizen poll asked "will Trevor Linden's departure as president of the Vancouver Canucks help or hurt the team?" Just like a close hockey game with lots of end-to-end action readers were evenly divided on the help/hurt scale the poll offered

When told that all access to property had been cut off due to a wildfire evacuation order, one Fraser Lake resident placed a key phone call to the RCMP.

More than a thousand people arrived in Prince George from evacuation zones on Friday, pushing the overall number past 1,300 and counting. Most of the latest evacuees arrived from Fraser Lake, Fort St.

Responding to a call about a house fire in the 2800 block of Norwood Street at about 12:47 a.m. Friday, Prince George Fire Rescue crews from three halls found a single story family dwelling with flames and smoke coming from its roof and back wall.