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During the last poll The Citizen asked "What should be done to make the Ancient Forest a better tourist attraction now that it's a provincial park?" The public has spoken and the poll's close vote is looking for more wooden walkways to allow for acce

Tickets are now on sale for the 2016 BC SPCA Lottery for animals in need. The top prize is $10,000 and there are daily cash prizes throughout June, with $5,000 'Lucky Mutt Monday' prizes and $5,000 prizes on 'TGIF' Fridays.

The Big Gala is geared as a fundraiser for little people in the community.

Staff are continuing to monitor the situation but so far it appears the slash burning on Friday night that produced complaints about smoke within the city did not violate protocol, a Ministry of Environment spokesman said Tuesday.

BC Hydro crews will replace 230 power poles in Prince George this year.

Expected record-high temperatures this week has prompted Avalanche Canada to issue a special warning for its entire region - from the Yukon to the U.S. border and from the Pacific to the Rockies.

Prince George RCMP's search for a wanted man netted a couple of additional arrests on Monday.

A 44-year-old Prince George man has been charged with possession of stolen property after Prince George RCMP executed a search warrant on a Stoner area home on Sunday.

Mackenzie wood manufacturer East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd. was fined $65,235.12 by WorkSafeBC after a worker suffered serious injuries to her arm when she reached across a ripsaw to clear a piece of wood.

WorkSafeBC has fined Fort St. James sawmill Apollo Forest Products Ltd. $75,000 after an inspector caught a worker using a wooden stick to clear a jam from the cutter heads of a planer.