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Rain over the weekend has helped tame the Dog Creek Trail wildfire. The status of the blaze 30 kilometres northwest of Vanderhoof will be upgraded to "being held" from "out of control," B.C.

Drivers will soon have a new way of accessing Pine Centre Mall and the businesses and organizations along Recplace Drive.

Zone 8 girls volleyball team spikes gold in Cowichan Valley

The Prince George Panthers got hot at the right time and came home with the silver medal in the gold bracket at the under-14 C girls provincial softball championship last weekend in Duncan.

The First Nations' image of a frog was on the T-shirt-clad back of almost every one of the 60 or so people who participated in the local Victor Walk, which began and ended on the courthouse steps in downtown Prince George Saturday afternoon.

During the last Citizen poll we asked "what should the City of Prince George do about the wages and benefits of the management team at city hall?" Readers strongly suggested that "pay should be in line with other similar cities in B.C.

Prince George residents are some of the highest water consumers in B.C., using 754 litres of water per person per day in 2015.

Crews hope to have the Dog Creek Trail wildfire completely surrounded with a fireguard by the end of the day Saturday. First discovered on Tuesday, the lightning-caused fire about 30 kilometres northwest of Vanderhoof has grown significantly.

Two men were sentenced Friday for their roles in a 2016 drive-by shooting in Mackenzie. Kelly Michael Richet, 33, was sentenced to seven years in prison and Christopher Ryan Russell, 30, to six years.