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Kayli Vandermeer has been fielding daily requests for the book that has thrown the White House into disarray and has continued to generate Twitter fits from the commander-in-chief.

Despite a 36 per cent drop in student enrolment at their Burns Lake campus, the College of New Caledonia is promoting instruction of classes via video conferencing as a method of maintaining popular course offerings.

The drastic drop in temperature has kept the ice jam on the Nechako River from causing anymore trouble for nearby homes, according to Prince George Fire Rescue chief John Iverson. "Everything remains stable," Iverson said Wednesday.

Prince George RCMP apprehended a baker's dozen of impaired drivers over the holiday season.

The economy of northern B.C. has largely stabilized since the downturn in commodity prices in 2014, according to a new report by the Northern Development Initiative Trust and accounting firm MNP LLP.

Backcountry enthusiasts are being urged to keep a close eye on their pets after the conservation office received a report of a dog's life-threatening encounter with a trap while out in a popular snowshoeing area.

Charges have been approved against two men from an alleged home invasion over the weekend Brandon Douglas Joseph Deeg, 24, faces eight counts including robbery, using an imitation firearm and wearing a mask with intent to commit an offence.

A stretch of Highway 97 has been re-opened to single-lane alternating traffic, DriveBC said in an update, following a vehicle incident 20 kilometres north of Lac La Hache. The highway has been closed in both directions at the spot since this morning.

Firefighters were forced to make a hasty retreat Tuesday evening while battling a blaze that ripped through a 3300-block First Avenue home. At 7 p.m.

City council made four additions to the city's heritage register on Monday night, following the last-minute withdrawal of one proposed addition. Council approved adding Taylor house (1872 10th St.), Quinson elementary school (151 South Ogilvie St.