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The city enjoyed a second day of record-setting warmth on Tuesday. The thermometer hit a high of 18.

A local man has won $500,000 playing the Lotto 6/49 Extra. Michael Sonnenberg bought the winning ticket for the Oct. 29 draw at the Real Canadian Superstore Gas Bar in Prince George. "I feel like I'm in a dream," Sonnenberg said in a B.C.

Prince George is now one of four B.C. communities where small businesses can turn to a government-funded pilot program to get help finding customers beyond the province's borders for their wares and services.

A father and son have been charged with attempted murder after a 30-year-old woman escaped a "brutal attack" on a remote logging road late Saturday night, Prince George RCMP said.

Investigators are looking for the public's help in tracking down a man suspected of using bear spray in an early-morning robbery.

A pedestrian appeared to have escaped injury when he was hit by an SUV while crossing Fifth Avenue near Ogilvie Street on Monday evening, according to Prince George RCMP.

Changes are in store for the B.C. Parks Discover Camping reservation service, the provincial government said Monday.

A streak of exceptionally-warm weather produced a record-high temperature on Monday. The thermometer struck 13 C, eclipsing the old standard for Nov. 7 of 11.7 C set in 1917, Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald said.

A man and woman are facing drug charges after police found cash, cocaine, methamphetamine and high end bikes at a Tamarack Street home. At first police were called to the spot Sunday morning with word someone had been stabbed.

Two Prince George parolees who were wanted on Canada-wide warrants have been found after one turned himself in and the other was arrested.