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The new year could not have gotten off to a better start for Patrick Kukko. The 59-year-old Prince George resident is $1 million richer after matching all seven numbers on a Dec. 30 Lotto Max Maxmillions draw.

A Prince George man was sentenced Thursday to time served and three years probation for groping three women over a single day. Cody Jack Joseph, 20, had remained in custody since his arrest June 8, a span of 206 days.

Avalanche Canada has issued an avalanche warning for North Rockies, northern section of the Cariboos and the northern tip of the North Columbia region.

With 80 per cent of people on the transplant list waiting for a kidney, B.C. Transplant is asking British Columbians to make it their new year's resolution to join more than a million other residents in registering as an organ donor.

The Naked Entrepreneur believes now is the time for Prince George to get its grown-up business pants on.

The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well at the University of Northern British Columbia, if the success of its business students at a prestigious competition is anything to go by.

Prince George was home to 17 deaths from illicit drug overdoses, according to year-end information released Wednesday by the BC Coroners Service. That's up from 12 in 2015 and 10 in 2014.

Organizers of the Birchleg ski and snowshoe remain optimistic it will go ahead despite the depleted snowpack. In part, they're counting on a return to colder weather, perhaps with some snowfall by Sunday when the event is scheduled to be held.

Quesnel will no longer be known as the Gold Pan City after the community's council adopted a new brand on Tuesday night. Starting Feb.

Expectations were exceeded in terms of travelers passing though Prince George Airport in 2016. In all, the count reached 462,007.