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The case against a man accused of illegally growing and selling marijuana in the Prince George area has been thrown out after a B.C. Supreme Court Justice found the Crown took too long to bring the matter to trial.

Some future drivers got an idea Thursday of just how hard it is to text and drive at the same time with the help of a video-based simulator.

Sandra DaSilva won the Prince George Hospice Dream Home Lottery on Thursday night. DaSilva, with ticket No. 5292, won the 2,754-square foot house located at 7648 Stillwater Cres. The home is worth an estimated $480,000.

The University of Northern B.C. Faculty Association has called on its members to give it a strike mandate for the negotiating table.

The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George has begun hammering out its 2015 budget. On Wednesday afternoon, the board of directors gave preliminary approval to $27.9 million worth of expenses for 20 service areas.

An overpaying slot machine at Treasure Cove Casino was among the technical malfunctions the B.C. Lottery Corporation encountered, according to a list provided by the provincial government's Gaming Enforcement Policy Branch. Between Feb.

Crown counsel has approved a charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking against Amanda Lee Girouard, 33, the woman who was arrested along with Ryan John Moore, 23, over the weekend.

A warrant has been issued for a man accused of trafficking in cocaine after he failed to appear in Prince George provincial court last week. The court was scheduled to consider a pre-sentence report for Rory Patrick McAllister, 27, on Wed., Jan. 7.

The drowning deaths of two teenagers during a post-graduation party last spring were a homicide and suicide, RCMP investigators have concluded.

For the second time eight days, a 2100 Tamarack Street home has been the target of a shots fired incident. The same home that was struck on Tues., Jan. 6 was once again shot at early Wednesday morning, Prince George RCMP said.