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Passengers are being asked to arrive for their flights at least 90 minutes before their departure times as Prince George Airport gets even busier than usual now that the holiday season has begun.

Operation Red Nose needs more volunteers to handle the expected flood of calls for safe rides home on New Year's Eve. Enough people have stepped forward to make up 26 teams - nine to 14 short of what will be ideal.

The city has declared a level one emergency as the ice jam on the Nechako River has reached the confluence of the Fraser River. Level one means there is a "heightened awareness" in place, city spokesman Mike Kellett said.

Last year was a poor year for B.C.'s oil and gas incomes, and 2016 was even worse. The province brought in just $15.5 million from its monthly land and drilling license sales in 2016 - the lowest annual total in data going back to the late 1970s.

A proposal to establish a gravel processing and asphalt plant in the vicinity of Tabor Mountain Ski Resort has drawn enough opposition to convince Fraser-Fort George Regional District directors to reject the project. Falcon Contracting Ltd.

The provincial government has appointed an advisor to work with Village of McBride council.

An orphaned black bear cub has a new lease on life after it was found Wednesday wandering aimlessly along a road near Sinclair Mills.

The air quality advisory for Prince George will remain in effect for at least another day.

A Dawson Creek woman was sentenced Wednesday to 85 days in jail for leading police on a chase in a stolen pickup truck five days before.

The threat of the Nechako River bursting its banks has forced the closure of the Heritage River trail between Kiwanis Park and the Cameron Street Bridge.