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A Prince-George-based wood-pellet manufacturing plant - the second largest of its kind in Canada - has sold a 48 per cent stake in the company to a Japanese conglomerate, the province announced this week. A statement from the B.C.

Prince George could spend much of the winter in a Goldilocks zone when it comes to snowfall.

The Citizen's Auction Mall online sales event is giving the local internet a buzz. The bidding is underway for a wide array of goods and services, and the window is about to close. Tonight at 6 p.m.

If there is a lesson to be learned from this summer's wildfire evacuation, it's reduce the paperwork, Mayor Lyn Hall said this week.

A walk to raise funds for the Kidney Foundation and awareness about organ donation will be held this Sunday at the UNBC Northern Sport Centre. Registration begins at 1 p.m. and the walk starts at 2 p.m.

With a little help from a quick-thinking passerby, Prince George Fire Rescue was able to contain to the garage a fire that broke at a College Heights home early Thursday morning. Firefighters were called to 7885 Queens Cres. at 1:40 a.m.

A mysterious influx of those in need over the past month is leaving the St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchen busier than ever.

Residents are shovelling, the city is plowing, the power is out, postal service is halted, and school buses are cancelled.

A B.C. man who was convicted of sex offences against five young girls, four of them his nieces, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail. The Crown applied to have the accused, who is only referred to by the initials T.L.P.

A former Saik'uz First Nation chief has died.