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Prince George RCMP endured an even busier year than usual. The detachment received 41,394 calls for service over 2016, an increase of 2,082 from the year before, detachment Supt. Warren Brown told city council on Monday night.

Prince George RCMP are requesting the public's help in locating a man with an outstanding arrest warrant. Donavan Hans Smith is Caucasian, 178 cm (5'10") tall and weighing 102 kg (225 lbs) with brown hair and hazel eyes.

A man convicted of failing to provide the necessities of life after his toddler son died of bacterial meningitis will be hosting an in-store seminar tonight at a Prince George health food store.

Private sector construction in Prince George hit a record-setting high over the course of 2016. Building permits for an unprecedented $122.5 million worth of work were taken out over the year, city hall said.

Power was knocked out for roughly 4,600 customers in Vanderhoof when a vehicle crashed into a power pole early Monday morning.

BC Hydro customers will be able to spread the cost of heating their homes over six months under a winter payment plan, the utility said Monday.

The city's unemployment rate stood at 7.1 per cent in December, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers. The figure is up from 6.

Finance Minister Michael de Jong is hosting a telephone town hall tonight for northern B.C. residents to get their input on the 2017 provincial budget. It starts at 7 p.m. and those interested must sign up through engage.gov.bc.

The rise in the typical selling price for a single family home was more than offset by a decline in the number of sales, year-end figures from the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board are showing.

Police are asking for the public's help in tracking down those behind a string of deliberate damage to vehicles this past weekend. Broken tail lights, head lights, smashed windows and dents were all reported to have occurred along St.