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Some candidates in the upcoming civic election are running afoul of the new rules. At the end of May, the provincial government established new legislation governing municipal campaigns.

When MP Bob Zimmer walked the halls of the House of Commons Thursday, he passed a bullet hole lodged into a column, right by the room where he'd spent 10 hours in lockdown with Conservative caucus members just the day before.

A McBride mother and son have been found guilty of breaching the federal Statistics Act by failing to complete their 2011 census forms.

While the financial allotment for the Prince George RCMP will remain the same, city council has thrown their support behind an idea to get more officers on the ground.

The needs of B.C.'s seniors are not being met, said Isobel Mackenzie, the provincial seniors advocate, in a report released Wednesday called The Journey Begins: Together We Can Do Better.

Prince George can expect a conversation tonight on chaos for its post-war teens, full of colour and a few current-day links.

Samantha Wright Allen has joined The Citizen's newsroom as a reporter and copy editor. Samantha hails from Coquitlam and graduated from Simon Fraser University with a bachelor of arts degree in history.

The 2015 budgets for Initiatives Prince George and the Prince George Public Library were both unanimously approved with two per cent increases on Wednesday night.

For the fourth year in a row, the College of New Caledonia is seeking scrub donations to help its students. Since 2011, the annual scrub sale has raised money for CNC's Making a Difference bursary, which hands out $500 to needy students.

Each year, the Handy Circle Resource Centre proves that money really does grow on trees during their annual Loonie Auction held at 950 Kerry St. Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.