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The University of Northern B.C. is launching five new programs for its aboriginal students with the help of provincial funding.

Kathi Dickie is looking to continue the legacy of community service and political involvement instilled by her father years ago. On Sept. 3, Dickie was acclaimed as the NDP candidate for Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies.

Later this month, school board trustee Brenda Hooker will be stepping down from her vice-chair duties after taking a job in Fort St. John.

Prince George RCMP is urging drivers to adjust their habits with a new school year underway. That means adhering to the 30 km/h speed limit in school zones, which is in effect from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A man and woman have been sentenced on drugs and weapons charges related to a police raid on a home nearly three years ago.

Highway 97 has been reopened in both directions 20 kilometres north of Lac La Hache. The stretched was closed at about 11:30 a.m. because of a vehicle incident and medivac. It was reopened shortly before 2 p.m.

When thousands of people across Canada line up for the 35th annual Terry Fox Run on Sept. 20, they may want to reflect on where Fox's Marathon of Hope began.

"The rest of my life will be the best of my life," said 88-year-old Rose Dorish in a sing-song voice with hands clasped under her chin. "Laughter is the very best medicine." Dorish has Parkinson's, lung cancer and is legally blind.

I've worked at the Citizen for nearly 11 years, but that is only a fraction of the experience my mentors have. I consider myself incredibly lucky to have learned from people who made the Citizen what it is today.

The Citizen's new masthead to celebrate our 100th anniversary as a continuously-operating business in Prince George is important to us for several reasons.