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As one of a dozen young people across Canada recently named a national aboriginal role model, Krista Alec is going to have an exceptionally busy year ahead of her - and the 22-year-old member of the Nak'azdli band near Fort St.

Fire suppression tactics on the Greer Creek wildfire are changing in response to crews' increasing success in containing it. According to fire officials, the 6,100 hectare (61 square kilometres) fire remains at 70 per cent containment.

The quest to establish an aboriginal choice school in Prince George has cleared a major hurdle as the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has granted the school district the right to give preference to first nations when hiring teachers and support staff.

An agreement granting Canada approved destination status with China may have been signed but it will be some time yet before the benefits are noticed in this region, says Northern B.C. Tourism Association president Anthony Everett.

A total of 16 members of the Prince George RCMP detachment have been deployed to Toronto to help with security for the G8 and G20 summits.

Work will soon begin on the $28-million Boundary Road project after a groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday near the corner of Boeing and Gunn Roads northeast of the airport.

The 6th Annual Variety Children's Radiothon raised $45,063, beating last year's total. The two-day event was broadcast live on 97FM The Wolf and supported by sister station 94X.

Local minor hockey product Brett Connolly was chosen by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the National Hockey League entry draft Friday in Los Angeles.

Prince George RCMP were successful Thursday in dismantling a hat-trick of operations growing more than 2,200 marijuana plants with an estimated street value totalling between $1.1 and 1.6 million.