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At a council meeting on Monday night, city staff recommended the decommissioning of an ammonia plant that services the ice skating rink in Canada Games Plaza.

A Prince George man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder Robyn Glenn Derksen entered the plea Tuesday during a brief hearing at the courthouse in relation to an October 4, 2015 incident in which he lured a woman to his home.

Prince George will soon be home to a First Nations court. An opening ceremony will be held on March 23, the B.C. Provincial Court confirmed this week, while the court is to start hearing cases in the first week of April.

City councillors heard on Monday night that the majority of city-owned baseball and sports facilities, which are run by exclusive use agreements, are underutilized and in poor condition.

The Prince George RCMP responded to a record number of calls in 2017, Supt. Warren Brown told city council on Monday. The RCMP opened a total of 43,973 files last year, up from 41,394 in 2016.

On Monday city council approved adding 8.9 kilometres of sidewalk to the city's snow clearing plan.

The city has continued to lose people, according to the provincial government’s latest estimate. As of July 2017, 70,316 people were living within city limits, according to numbers released last week by BC Stats.

A local business was spotlighted on a provincial level Monday. That is when the nominees were disclosed for the 15th Annual Small Business BC Awards.

The going along a portion of Highway 16 will be a little slower than usual on Tuesday. A westbound lane 200 metres east of the junction with Highway 97 will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for maintenance according to DriveBC.

Police have released a sketch of a suspect in a robbery this summer in the hope it will prompt some tips from the public.