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Prince George's Veterans Affairs office was closed because the workload simply was not there, Prince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer said this week. "I checked and the active files at the time it was closed was only 15," Zimmer said.

Most of the tenants forced out of a Prince George apartment building by a fire last weekend are now back in the building, manager John Currie said Friday.

Slightly more than 50 acres of land at the south end of Boundary Road will be ready for sale by this spring and summer, developer Harry Backlin said Friday.

More than 300 high school students gathered Friday at the Prince George Civic Centre to celebrate the progress made on preventing bullying and other harmful behaviours in hallways and classrooms across northern B.C.

First-year medical students can't believe the star treatment they get from the public, when people find out they are enrolled at the Northern Medical Program. The NMP turned 10 years old with a birthday party on Friday at its UNBC headquarters.

A vehicle incident has reduced Highway 16 to single-lane alternating at Burns Lake, DriveBC said in an update issued at 5 p.m.

A pair of overdue snowmobilers have been found, North District RCMP Cpl. Dave Tyreman said Friday afternoon. A helicopter had been called in to search the Powder King area after Mackenzie RCMP received a report on Thursday at 9:24 a.m.

City crews worked over night to clear windrows from Highland St., South Kelly Road, West Austin Road and downtown routes. The next windrow clearing is on the schedule for Sunday's night shift.

The city's first crack at joint federal-provincial infrastructure funding will be a bid for an erosion protection project. A report from financial planning manager Kris Dalio recommends city council approve the submission of the $1.

An overabundance of natural resources can be both a blessing and a curse contended visiting professor Daniel Drache.