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City council will discuss expanding the student Upass program to include access to the Two Rivers Gallery, The Exploration Place and the Outdoor Ice Oval.

The city's unemployment rate stood at 5.2 per cent in November, according to a Statistics Canada labour market survey. That's down from 6.5 per cent for the same month last year.

Thirty-four building permits for $8.1 million worth of construction were taken out at city hall in November, according to a staff report. At $2.5 million, the Nine on Seventh condominium porject at 1699-7th Ave. led the way.

HANOI, Vietnam - Three weeks in and the body and mind have happily embraced the current state of being - managing multiple time zones for work; local ways to exercise - boxing, running clubs, and late-night Zumba in the park; and, astringently new experiences each time I set out the door. With my feet firmly squared, it was time to push the edges of the comfort zone in search of the "growth zone"; between what has become second nature and what manifests in sheer panic.

The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George board of directors voted to accept a new delegation agreement with the Agriculture Land Commission on Thursday, despite significant new work and costs for the district.

Mourners will gather Saturday at 2 p.m. at St. Giles' Presbyterian to remember Robin Fairservice. The longtime city volunteer died Monday. He was 82. Fairservice was born in Essex County, England and eventually settled in Canada in 1974.

A man has been sentenced to 15 months after breaking into a Queensway apartment while the owner was asleep. Steven Ghostkeeper, a 42-year old man from the Saulteau First Nation, plead guilty to resisting arrest and breaking and entering on Thursday.

A 41-year old man with a drug trafficking record will serve a three year sentence for possession of a Ruger SR22 semi-automatic rifle.

The Prince George Airport is urging passengers to follow some basic tips to ease the stress as the airport gets busier in the lead up to the holiday season.

A judge commended staff at University Hospital of Northern B.C. for finding a way to separate a woman from her attacker after she suffered an extensive beating.