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The federal and provincial governments have committed $24.1 million to widening 3.4 kilometres of Highway 16 west of the city to four lanes.

Two men were arrested after an RCMP vehicle was rammed with an allegedly stolen pickup truck and the culprits led police on a chase in the Central Fort George neighbourhood on Wednesday.

A 28-year-old Prince George man was sentenced Thursday to jail a day after he was found in possession of a stolen dirt bike and body armour.

Police are on the lookout for a man suspected of robbing a local liquor store.

Peter O'NEIL Vancouver Sun The theft of telecommunications cables containing copper, far from being a "victimless" crime, should be treated as a serious offence punishable in some cases with a life jail term, Telus is telling the federal government.

For many ranchers in the Peace Region running cow/calf operations, the fall is generally the time to cash in on a long spring and summer of hard work.

Drastic reductions to certain hunts, prescribed burns and collaring predators are all on the table to help manage northeast B.C.'s struggling moose populations, the B.C. government says.

Park development and road infrastructure were common themes throughout the five Talktober sessions held in local neighbourhoods by city council, said Mayor Lyn Hall.

Saying he will never forgive himself for what happened, a Nadleh man gave his account of how he came to kill his spouse 2 1/2 years ago during a hearing Thursday at the Prince George courthouse.

A 19-year-old man is again in custody after being released Monday following 19 days in jail. Chad Murphy George has been charged with break and enter.