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An advisory committee is recommending major increases to city council members' pay. It's calling for a $29,063 boost to mayor Lyn Hall's annual salary and for a $6,828 jump in the amount councillors earn.

Digging will continue "into next week for sure" as the city tries to get to the bottom of what's causing a sinkhole to repeatedly open at the same spot on Winnipeg Street.

The city's sport fields and ball diamonds have been reopened, city hall said Friday morning. They were closed Thursday to allow the turf to dry out following the recent thunderstorm.

Some areas of town reported only a murmur of rain while other sectors of Prince George were using words like "apocalyptic" to describe the weather violence of Wednesday night.

A white van is once again at the centre of a suspicious incident in the Hart.

Police are investigating a woman's death near Fort St. James. RCMP say in a news release that they received a call early Thursday about an injured female on the Yekooche reserve, located about 85 kilometres northwest of Fort St. James.

Three people are dead after a two-vehicle collision near Cache Creek late Thursday morning. The crash occurred just prior to 11 a.m. at the major intersection of Highway 97 and Highway 99.

Both the Prince George Fire Fighters Union and Prince George RCMP are urging residents to be wary of telephone solicitors asking for donations to the union's campaign in support of muscular dystrophy.

Another bout of severe thunderstorms is in the forecast for the city Environment Canada issued a notice early Thursday morning saying conditions are favourable for the phenomenon.

FORT ST. JAMES – He was invited and he came. It was an historical moment as B.C. Premier John Horgan visited with rural and First Nations communities in central B.C. this week.