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The local Home Depot store will raise funds for the Prince George Native Friendship Centre until July 2 as part of a national project to provide youth safe, stable housing and offer programs for life-skills development.

Matters in Prince George for an Alberta man arrested earlier this year came to an end on Wednesday. David Allan Lenkewich, 29, who had been in custody since he was arrested Feb.

The Forest Practices Board took private landowners to task for failing to adopt practices to prevent wildfires from wreaking havoc on their property in a report released this week.

The provincial government's strategy for protecting communities from wildfires has worked for many larger communities such as Prince George, but has not been ideal for smaller ones, the Forest Practices Board said in a report highly critical of the s

The Westwood Pub held its Puppy Pub Day on May 3 and raised $8,000 for the North Cariboo SPCA. The event was a day-long event and featured a silent auction, 50/50 draw and a raffle, along with a barbecue, hockey shoot out, and a duck game.

Environment Canada has renewed a warning for a severe thunderstorm south of Prince George.

Since five people died in pedestrian versus vehicle collisions last year, the Prince George RCMP will be taking enforcement action against pedestrians and drivers in the next few weeks, during the Pedestrian Safety Campaign.

Grade 12 students in Prince George, along with 20 other communities in B.C., get a two-day free pass of unlimited transit in June. BC Transit has offered this program for the last 27 years.

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 469 days in jail and one year probation for breaking into a home and stealing a motor vehicle. Travis Inias Basil was arrested Dec. 4, 2014 after Prince George RCMP were called at 6 a.m.

Rising water levels in rivers and streams around the region are a cause for concern, according to the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.