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UPDATE: As of 11 A.M. Highway 97 has been re-opened. Highway 97 was closed to traffic in both directions roughly 17 km north of Marguerite earlier this morning. An alert issued by DriveBC indicated the closure is due to a vehicle incident.

City council unanimously supported a request by the Prince George BMX Club to help fund a rebuild of the track and construction of a new starting gate on Monday.

Members of the Prince George and North District RCMP detachments will put down their pens and issue roadside electronic traffic violation tickets starting next month.

A 38-year-old Prince George man was sentenced Monday to one year in jail after he was found with enough cocaine to warrant a charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Workers who lost their jobs when a Tumbler Ridge coal mine was shut down will have to wait awhile longer before receiving their shares of a $13-million payout secured by their union through a lengthy court battle.

An air quality advisory is in effect for the city. It's due to high concentrations of fine particulate, officials said in a notice issued shortly after noon Monday.

Damage is estimated at $180,000 after fire raged through a house in the 2500-block of Ross Crescent late Saturday night. Prince George Fire Rescue crews from three halls were called to the scene at about 11:06 p.m. Saturday.

Emily Dickson of Burns Lake improved 10 positions during the junior women’s 10-kilometre pursuit to finish 26th Sunday at the world junior biathlon championships in Otepaa, Estonia.

Canadian U-16 championships start Tuesday in Collingwood

Following a B.C. Auditor General report chastising Northern Health for its nurse recruitment and retention efforts, the head of the authority's human resource department said its efforts are on the right track.