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The subject of one of the Vietnam War era's most iconic photos will be the guest speaker at next spring's Dr. Bob Ewert Memorial Lecture.

Dozens of District 57 students are in Vancouver for the youth-focused We Day celebrations today to help pack Rogers Centre under the banner of making a difference.

A Prince George woman who was found this summer in a truck stolen in the Okanagan was sentenced Monday. Rebecca Susanne Rahkola, 26, was sentenced to 24 days in jail for possession of stolen property over $5,000.

It's never been more important to live it up for the Blue Jays.

At least 27 elective surgeries have been cancelled in the last two months, leaving operating rooms empty at the University Hospital of Northern B.C., according to numbers compiled by the B.C. Nurses Union.

The Canadian Press has prepared an interactive graphic that readers can use to view election winners based on party, gender or province. https://thecanadianpress-a.akamaihd.net/graphics/2015/federal-election/winners-breakdown/iframe.html

A Prince George man is facing 10 charges after Mackenzie RCMP allegedly found drugs and weapons in his vehicle when it was pulled over on Thursday.

There was a sense that strategy had been executed locally, but no one at the New Democratic Party's election get-together Monday night in Prince George could shake the cloud of national defeat.

A Conservative stronghold-turned-swing-riding still brought out the blue in voters Monday night to elect Todd Doherty to Cariboo-Prince George. Doherty secured a narrow lead in the riding, which outgoing MP Dick Harris held for 22 years.

It was a bittersweet night for Liberal candidates Tracy Calogheros and Matt Shaw as they both lost their bids to become MPs but also witnessed a surprise majority government for their party.