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A series of break and enters in which more than 30 firearms were stolen has had nothing to do with the recent closure of a Prince George hunting and fishing store, according to one of the outlet's co-owners.

Prince George is home to a new millionaire. Normand Constant is $1 million richer after his numbers were drawn in Friday's Maxmillion draw.

Over the course of his four decades in medicine, Dr. William Osei has often repeated his refrain for those who seek advice: "Look where you're going, don't you look where you are standing.

A man with a gunshot wound was dropped off at G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital in Quesnel shortly after RCMP were called to Comeau Road, north of Quesnel at 12:40 a.m. Sunday after there was a report of gunfire.

In a tradition that has lasted nearly 10 years, the Prince George Quilters Guild donated one of their creations to the Prince George RCMP's victim services unit this week.

The College of New Caledonia hosted the annual Seal in a Smile program for children in School District 57. This year the program saw children in Kindergarten through Grade 7 from Nusdeh Yoh, which is the aboriginal choice school.

Police and fire investigators combed the remnants of an abandoned building Saturday after crews fought to save two downtown buildings from heavy smoke and flames Friday night.

Despite an "almost perfect storm of problems", UNBC president Daniel Weeks said the university will weather the current year without any cuts to its operating budget but annual deficits of around $4 million loom in the near-term.

A Prince George-area campaigner against the use of herbicides in the region's forests is pointing to the Little Bobtail Lake wildfire to support his position. With the 25,000-hectare fire contained, James Steidle of Stop the Spray B.C.

Guerilla knitters and crocheters are calling all like-minded crafters to join the Two Rivers Gallery Yarn Bomb Squad to help commemorate the city's 100th anniversary by adorning 100 trees with woolen creations.