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Almost all of this area's First Nations have met the federal government's deadline for submitting disclosures of how much their chiefs and council members earned over the last fiscal year.

Elizabeth Biggar isn't ready to give up on the north.

The Prince George RCMP have had many rental ad frauds reported in the past. The rental ad scam is a type of advance payment fraud where fraudsters target victims who are actively looking for rental property.

A Prince George man arrested in connection with the theft of copper wire has been sentenced to 40 days in jail for breaking and entering with intent to commit an offence.

Mervin Lynn Walkus, a 38-year-old First Nations male, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for being unlawfully at large. The arrest warrant was issued after Walkus did not return to his designated residence in Prince George.

Prince George will take a stab at welcoming the province's best athletes in five years. On Monday night, city council approved the preparation of a bid for the 2020 B.C. Summer Games.

A petition in support of a camp set up southwest of Houston to protest plans to run natural gas pipelines through the area is raising concerns for the chiefs of four Wet'suwet'en clans who are in favour of the work.

A proposed city bylaw has the potential to push smokers further and further from public spaces.

B.C.'s new education minister said School District 57 faces difficult decisions when dealing with its rural schools. Mike Bernier acknowledged the capacity issue that many of the region's rural schools face.

City council added an examination of how to pull back the curtain on closed meetings to its work plan. A strategic planning session for the group planned for Oct.