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The District of Vanderhoof has hired the YMCA of Northern British Columbia to assist with a development of an operating strategy in connection with the new Vanderhoof Aquatic Centre.

He’s been doing it for about 15 years and for Ron Corbett, it’s become a personal passion with each year that goes by. “My dad had Parkinson’s disease and I’ve been involved with this ever since. I’ve just carried on.

B.C. Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Shane Simpson in counting on the federal government coming to the table in its quest to improving low-income housing and childcare in the province.

A man who is serving a prison sentence for stabbing a woman in the neck, partially severing her spinal cord, and then trying to intimidate witnesses to the crime has been granted “one-chance” release into the community.

Dealing with a trove of smouldering pellets at the Pacific Bioenergy plant is going to take longer than first expected.

A man who is serving a prison sentence for stabbing a woman in the neck, partially severing her spinal cord, and then trying to intimidate witnesses to the crime has been granted "one-chance" release into the community.

A Prince George man wanted for allegedly breaching the conditions of his release been arrested, RCMP said Saturday morning. RCMP had issued a request for the public's help to locate Jason Gordon Mease, 39, on Thursday.

Nominations are needed to help bring an all-ages bike park into the community. "We have nominated the Blackburn Community Association for the Kraft Heinz Project Play for the bike park we have proposed," said BCA president Jamie Kranrod.

The mighty spud will be showcased once again during Huble Homestead's fourth annual Potato Festival Sept. 3-4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The City of Prince George has relocated the Emergency Reception Centre for wildfire evacuees. Currently located at the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre, the centre will now be located in the Service Centre at city hall.