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With a little help from a quick-thinking passerby, Prince George Fire Rescue was able to contain to the garage a fire that broke at a College Heights home early Thursday morning. Firefighters were called to 7885 Queens Cres. at 1:40 a.m.

A mysterious influx of those in need over the past month is leaving the St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchen busier than ever.

Residents are shovelling, the city is plowing, the power is out, postal service is halted, and school buses are cancelled.

A B.C. man who was convicted of sex offences against five young girls, four of them his nieces, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail. The Crown applied to have the accused, who is only referred to by the initials T.L.P.

A former Saik'uz First Nation chief has died.

A Hart-area Christmas tradition is ready to go. The 32nd annual Kelly Road Christmas Craft Fair is set to run Nov. 25-26 at Kelly Road secondary school. The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

B.C.'s civilian-based police watchdog has concluded Quesnel RCMP were not responsible for the death of a person who was in their custody.

This city is about to go loopy for Cassandra Maze. The pop diva from the Lower Mainland is cutting the dance rugs and pushing download buttons all over Canada.

Dianne Watts has a long and varied history of holding elected positions in B.C., and she brought her experience to meet Prince George's B.C. Liberal Party members on Tuesday.

Firefighters will be honing their skills at the training facility near the Prince George Airport on Friday morning. The fires they're fighting could produce dark smoke but it's nothing to worry about, according to the Prince George Airport Authority.