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Blackburn is taking a new turn. The neighbourhood on the east side of the city is cruising towards new social infrastructure. A proposal got rolling last year to build a site for biking and skateboarding near the Blackburn Community Hall.

B.C.'s children and family development minister visited the two Aboriginal Head Start programs for Indigenous children under six years old in Prince George to announce $30 million in new funding for the programs around the province.

On Monday night, the doorbell rang at a house on Ewert Street. Susan Andrist opened the door to see two ladies standing there. "One lady said 'we think this belongs to you'," Susan recalled.

A Prince George man has been sentenced to two year and four months in jail for leading police on a chase in a stolen van and assaulting the vehicle's owner in carrying out the theft.

A medical marijuana shop's luck with the city has run out.

A Prince George couple has been ordered to pay a neighbour nearly $11,000 in damages for damaging a gate, erecting signs and flagging and cutting down trees on property she owns without her permission. B.C.

A man charged with murder, arson, and indignity to human remains pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon in a Fort St. John courtroom. Leon Wokeley faces the charges in connection with the 2014 death of Pamela Napoleon.

A researcher with the Northern Medical Program at the University of Northern British Columbia has been awarded a prize for her work on vitamin D and cognition. The Fritz Wrwag Research Prize was presented to Dr.

June Clark is being remembered by the mayor of Vanderhoof as someone who was both exceptionally capable and with a strong passion for her community. "Her deep commitment for Vanderhoof was just so there," Gerry Thiessen said Wednesday.

Mining in B.C. is on the rise. The northern region is leading the province in healthier returns from that sector of the economy that hasn't been strong in recent years. Operations near Prince George like Mount Milligan (north of Fort St.