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Sowing the seeds of democratic participation early could play a large role in reaping a bumper crop of engaged young voters by the time the next federal contest rolls around.

Prince George RCMP are on the lookout for a stolen pickup truck and for another believed connected to the theft.

The best barometer for future behaviour is past behaviour, and the incumbent Conservative government has a poor record on aboriginal issues, according to a local NDP candidate.

B.C.'s post-secondary institutions are hosting a Prince George public session tonight to appeal to parents in hopes they keep their kids in province.

Cariboo-Prince George candidates will showcase their agricultural bona fides tonight when they face off in Hixon.

A "colourful and eye-catching" exhibit imagining environmentally sustainable cities is on display at the College of New Caledonia.

School District 57's parent advisory councils are gearing up for the annual influx of gaming grant money. This year the region will see almost $259,000.

Provincial Crown counsel has stayed charges against two Fort St. John men in relation to the seizure of guns and drugs from a Prince George motel room earlier this year. Trevor Christopher Ernest Loe, 19, and Dominik Teale, 29, were arrested on Jan.

A police service dog was used to apprehend a 23-year-old local man after he allegedly fired bear spray at a Hart area homeowner during the second of two early-morning confrontations Tuesday, Prince George RCMP said.

What was supposed to be a one-hour walk through Forest for the World turned into a 7 1/2 hour ordeal for a local woman on Saturday. She had intended to return to her vehicle at 5 p.m., RCMP said Tuesday, but by 7 p.m.