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For the second year in a row, Prince George's Relay For Life took top spot as the country's best fundraiser. Also Canada's only 24-hour relay, the city raised more than $519,000 for cancer research after the city's record-breaking $600,000 last year.

SHILO, Man. -- The family of a Prince George reservist who died on a military base in Manitoba says Pte. Kirby Tott felt privileged to serve his country.

There is only so much navy cadets can learn in land-locked Prince George and now their annual trip to the salty sea has been put in jeopardy.

Permits for $53.6 million worth of construction have been taken out at city hall so far this year, according to a staff report. That's down from $59 million seen by the same point last year, but so far 61 permits for $17.

The College of New Caledonia is close to signing two 10-year agreements with institutions in India to offer skills training in health care and offshore oil and gas.

To make a mark in the two federal ridings in Prince George, the two proclaimed candidates for the Liberal nomination will have to make personal connections with voters.

The city needs to borrow about $7 million for infrastructure repairs and new vehicles, but residents will have a chance to kibosh that plan.

Driving home to Prince George from a vacation to the Calgary area on June 8, Angela Shymanski had a lullaby CD playing that helped to provide a soothing atmosphere for her two napping children, Lexi, 5, and Peter, 10 weeks old.

The city is giving no quarter to property owners who have been told to clean up their act.

In the Citizen's last poll the question was "Do you think the improved Child Tax Credit is Stephen Harper's way of buying votes from Canadian parents?" The answer was a resounding yes, with 81 per cent of the vote, for a total of 421 votes.