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The Wilson Square Community Market has some limits on its usual space, so to compensate, they added some extra time.

An information meeting for those interested in joining the RCMP or volunteering with the community policing section is set for Tuesday, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the detachment at 455 Victoria St.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man facing charges from a four-hour standoff with police at a recreation area near Valemount after he failed to appear in court. John Robert Beuhler, 51, was supposed to make a first appearance Sept.

Carrier Sekani Tribal Council chief Terry Teegee called on the prime minister to launch a public inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women in the wake of a jury's finding this week that Cody Allan Legebokoff is guilty of four counts of first

Highway 16 was closed in both directions 10 kilometres west of Topley Friday because of a vehicle incident, according to Drive B.C. The stretch was expected to be reopened sometime between 9 p.m. and midnight.

A Surrey man was sentenced Friday to three years in jail for an armed robbery he committed just three days earlier. Andrew Christopher Chapman, 26, was issued the term in Prince George provincial court.

One of seven people arrested during a police raid on a VLA neighbourhood home last year have been sentenced to a year in jail for drug trafficking. Tracy Deborah Gibbon, 46, was issued the term Sept. 2 in Prince George provincial court.

North District RCMP Chief Superintendent Rod Booth has been named a member of the Order of Merit for Police Forces. Booth was among 75 police officers named to the order by Governor General David Johnston during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

Highway 16 is closed in both directions 10 kilometres west of Topley because of a vehicle incident, according to Drive B.C. The stretch is expected to be reopened sometime between 9 p.m. and midnight and no detour is available.

A slate of five community leaders has been recognized as this year's nominees for Citizen of the Year.