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The city's unemployment rate stood at 7.7 per cent in March, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers issued Friday. That's up from 5.

A major hurdle to a major gold mine was cleared on Thursday - in fact three hurdles.

Brilliantly coloured saris swayed though the halls as turbans were tied and the delicious scent of samosas filled the air at CNC on Thursday.

When the crowds rush into the Kelly Road Craft Fair year after year, people are looking for treasures of the season and probably never give a thought to who makes the magic happen behind the scenes.

Art has brought in a whole new perspective on learning for one local school. Being an inner city school in Prince George, Ron Brent elementary has always tried to find new strategies to help students learn.

Single-family homes typically sold for upwards of $15,000 more than they did during the same period last year, according to first-quarter B.C. Northern Real Estate Board numbers released Thursday.

Both the Conservation Officer Service and Northern Bear Awareness are emphasizing a need to keep garbage out of reach as bears start to emerge from a long winter's sleep.

Prince George RCMP are requesting the public's help in locating a parolee wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after he failed to return to his designated residence earlier this month.

The provincial government has reached an agreement with members of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council meant to increase its members First Nations' participation in the forest economy.

Steps are being taken to get support in place for the workers forced out of their jobs by a fire at a major employer in McBride, the village's mayor says. The blaze, which erupted Wednesday morning, destroyed BKB Cedar Manufacturing Ltd.