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Trustees fell short of saying they will back away from closing Mackenzie elementary school during a public consultation meeting on Thursday night, but gave one important assurance, according to Mackenzie mayor Stephanie Killam.

A citywide curbside recycling program will be studied this year, and if conditions are right, it is scheduled to be implemented in 2011.

Ric's Grill president Sal Gupta, 52, ordered a warm-beet salad, $12.95, and black cod, $27, at the Sandbar recently. Brother Sunny, 44, had scallop kebabs, $12.95, and a GI (for Granville Island) burger, $13.95.

A University of Northern British Columbia mathematics professor has earned an award for excellence in teaching.

Trustees fell short of saying they will back away from closing Mackenzie elementary school during a public consultation meeting on Thursday night, but gave one important assurance, according to Mackenzie mayor Stephanie Killam.

The federal government "found that balance Canadians were telling us about over the last few months" in delivering its budget in the House of Commons, Prince George-Peace River Jay Hill said Thursday.

Protecting the city core from wildfire takes ongoing efforts on the forested fringes of the city.

Prince George RCMP have arrested the man who assaulted another male with an axe handle on March 1 in a residence on Upland Street. The 40-year-old, who has 53 previous criminal convictions, was arrested Wednesday at about 9 p.m.

An RCMP 10-member team took down a huge marijuana grow operation in a remote residence in Horsefly, located 72 km. east of Williams Lake.

Third warning in three weeks “unprecedented”