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Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick, 21, was laid to rest in Prince George cemetery Tuesday. He died in an Edmonton hospital after being injured by an improvised explosive device on March 6 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Today KPMG released the 2010 Competitive Alternatives Study, the recognized international business location report produced every two years, and it showed that Prince George ranked as the most competitive place to do business amongst 13 cities in the

A man with a gun walked into the mobile home park adjacent to Correlieu senior secondary in Quesnel at about 1:52 p.m. Monday. Police attended immediately and located the male suspect as he approached the edge of the school parking lot.

The predicted concentrations of fine particulate air pollution in the Prince George airshed are dominated by dust emissions, particularly from on-road vehicles, conclude the latest draft results of an extensive computer modelling study.

Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick, 21, was laid to rest in Prince George cemetery Tuesday. He died in an Edmonton hospital after being injured by an improvised explosive device on March 6 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

A copy of Mililtary Chaplain Captain Father Jean El Dahdouh's sermon during the burial of Corporal Darren Fitzpatrick on Tuesday, March 30.

The fate of 14 schools and the French immersion program will be decided tonight when school district trustees determine which will be closed and reconfigured. The meeting is set for 6 p.m.

Simon Fraser Lodge is moving 29 clients to Rainbow Lodge. The facility on Laurier Crescent is temporarily shifting residents to its counterpart on Liard Drive as it rebuilds part and renovates the remainder of its building.

The road from Queensway to the cemetery will be temporarily closed shortly after noon Tuesday as Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick is laid to rest.

The City of Prince George will open Connaught Hill Park on Thursday for vehicle access. The gate will be open from April through August from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and September through October from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.