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Prince George Crime Stoppers saw an across-the-board decline in activity last year. It received 485 tips that translated into 16 arrests and the seizure of $22,090 worth of drugs and property. Eight awards worth $1,340 in total were approved.

The YMCA of Northern B.C. will provide a "one-stop shop" by this spring for young people seeking help, the provincial government said Friday.

A Prince George man was sentenced Friday to a further 2 1/2 years in prison for his role in a crime spree with the mother of his soon-to-be born child.

A Christmas Day break and enter has yielded 90 days in jail for a Prince George man. Christopher Bradley Falconer, 35, must also serve two years probation under a sentence issued Wednesday in Prince George provincial court.

Birders will be singing a swan song on Sunday, but it's by no means a sad farewell.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint that the University of Northern British Columbia discriminated against a man on the basis of age when it overlooked him for a position at the campus library.

A 56-year-old Prince George man was sentenced Thursday to two years less a day of house arrest for storing a trove of illegal firearms on behalf of an alleged criminal.

It doesn't matter if there's a retired firefighter captain in the room, the light always shines most brightly on the real star, Bosco, the Boston terrier.

Putting local aboriginal candidates in direct touch with local employers is the theme of a Feb. 11 event hosted by the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation.

Avery Bell has rung up the competition once again. For the second year in a row, the celebrated young carpenter is the high school champion in the cabinetmaking category of the Skills Canada Central Interior Regional Skills Competition.