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A new education bill that revamps teacher professional development and promotes shared services among districts is also being criticized as a means to intrude on the autonomy of school boards.

The numbers are in and the Citizen's online poll participants determined there should be more four-lane sections between Prince George and Cache Creek as well as wider sections of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert.

A packed public gallery, overflowing with students and professors dressed in full academic regalia, met the University of Northern B.C. Senate for its first meeting after the faculty strike.

Some Prince George residents could find themselves in a different riding after recommendations from the panel charged with redrawing the provincial electoral boundaries.

A Prince George firefighter accused of possessing a stolen jet boat and trailer took to the stand as a trial in Prince George provincial court continued Thursday.

A group of students launched a survey this week to look into the impact of the 2015 Canada Winter Games from a local perspective. The survey was delayed due to the faculty strike at the University of Northern B.C.

A living library is putting a face to homelessness, addiction and arranged marriages as locals have a chance to check-out people for frank conversations about their experiences.

A University of Northern B.C. student wants to help shrink the gap between politicians and the people they represent.

Access to education in the north is threatened by provincial post-secondary underfunding and proposed program cuts, a slew of speakers argued at a forum Wednesday at the College of New Caledonia.

Issues at the office of the municipal watchdog stretched beyond delays in completing the 18 scheduled audits. As one Prince George city councillor found out, the auditor general for local government was behind on her email inbox as well. Coun.