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Drugs, cash found during routine traffic stop

Drugs, cash found during routine traffic stop

The police arrested two people during a vehicle stop on Westwood Drive Saturday. Officers found nearly 14 grams of crack cocaine and about $6,000 in cash in the vehicle.
Direct service to Victoria takes flight

Direct service to Victoria takes flight

The first of what is hoped to be many flights between Prince George and Victoria took to the air when Pacific Coastal Airlines' inaugural trip landed at Monday evening at the airport.
Highway 16 down to one lane east of city

Highway 16 down to one lane east of city

Highway 16 is down to one lane for the day at 16 km east of Prince George due to electrical maintenance, according to the Ministry of Transportation. Work began at 9 a.m. and will last until 3:30 p.m.

Ambulance service won't detail response times

The B.C. Ambulance Service has refused to release data that would show whether it is taking longer to respond to 911 calls, despite repeated promises to do so. B.C.

Stop-smoking drug suspected of 'major role' in patient deaths: Sun investigation

Champix is suspected of playing a major role in the deaths of 44 patients -- 30 of them by suicide -- since the popular stop-smoking drug was approved in Canada in 2007, a Vancouver Sun investigation has found.
Reward fundraising to help find P.G. woman

Reward fundraising to help find P.G. woman

A crowd-funding campaign is underway to raise reward money for information that would lead to the discovery of a Prince George woman who went missing in November. Anita Florence Thorne, 49, was last seen on Wed., Nov.
Report casts new light on murdered, missing

Report casts new light on murdered, missing

A report that echoed past calls for a national response into missing and murdered aboriginal women put Prince George in the same company as Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside - as the province’s most dangerous regions for aboriginal women.
New boss to spur innovation

New boss to spur innovation

Innovation Central Society (ICS) has innovated itself. A new executive director has now taken the helm at the business and technology booster agency.
Games volunteers looking for places to stay

Games volunteers looking for places to stay

The St. John Ambulance is calling on Prince George residents to open their homes for 30 volunteers who still need a place to stay during the Canada Winter Games.
Residents would have to back animal control: Regional District

Residents would have to back animal control: Regional District

Setting up an animal control officer in the rural areas would have to have the support of residents to move ahead, according to the regional district's chief administrator.