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A busload of people are trying to pave the road to reconciliation for Canada's historical abuses of aboriginal people one conversation and one community at a time.

For the third year in a row, Cameron Thun has donated $5,000 to the Salvation Army Back to School campaign to support families in need.

One person was killed Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle incident on Highway 16 east of the city, Prince George RCMP has confirmed. Emergency personnel were called to the scene, nine kilometres east of Purden Lake at 8:45 a.m.

Federal parties weigh in on veterans' services: In addition to reopening the nine regional Veterans Affairs offices closed by the current government, the Liberal Party has also pledged to hire 400 new service delivery staff as of April 2016 to expand

Concern over the ability for local veterans to access services has been a common refrain since 2012. That's when, in a bid to cut costs, the federal government closed the Prince George Veterans Affairs office.

A lane closure is in effect as paving continues on Highway 97 from the Simon Fraser Bridge to the junction with Highway 16, according to the Ministry of Transportation's DriveBC service. A crew will be on the scene from 7 a.m. to 6 p.

The Horsefly River was reopened to angling on Wednesday due to cooling water temperatures.

A dark cloud hangs over the future of the Dawson Creek Medical Clinic. Unless something can be done to change its fate, the clinic will close its doors permanently on July 1, 2016, according to its sole physician, Dr. Michael Pilgrim.

Four Prince George groups are receiving grants from the provincial government to host events in the city.

Nine Prince George organizations are receiving a combined $332,650 from the B.C. government's community gaming grant program.