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The city is asking for the public's patience as crews scramble to deal with the fallout from the unseasonably warm weather. As of noon Thursday, it has received over over 180 calls for service for issues related to melting snow and ice, and rainfall.

A public hearing will be held during Monday night's city council meeting for a proposal to build a three-storey, nine unit apartment building at 1694-7th Ave. So far, the city has received two letters of opposition.

Council will consider Monday night a staff proposal to "depoliticize" the process for approving purchases over $1 million.

City council will consider options Monday night for financing the new entrance to the Bob Harkins branch of the Prince George Public Library. In a report, staff is recommending the city borrow the $2.

Elizabeth Schulz has done well by the common pond snail - her study of the creature earned her a silver medal in the animal sciences category at the Taiwan International Science Fair this week.

Donna Eckert leads a peer group for grandparents raising their grandkids

OTTAWA--An independent watchdog has uncovered shoddy reporting by RCMP officers in northern British Columbia that makes it impossible to tell whether many missing-persons cases were properly investigated.

The legal avenues for convicted serial killer Cody Allan Legebokoff as the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Thursday an application for leave to appeal. No reasons for the decision were provided.

In 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized to the aboriginal peoples of Canada for the crimes committed against them in the residential school system, but it is sometimes difficult to see where this has made a difference in our country.

Retired missionary worker and pastor emeritus, Bob Reid was born in 1936 in Stony Creek, Ont. He calls Niagara Falls home.