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A career presentation is scheduled for anyone interested in becoming a dispatcher fielding 911 calls and processing police requests at the North District Operational Communications Centre. It's set for Sat., Feb. 7, 9 a.m.

The two new committees promised by new mayor Lyn Hall are starting to take shape. During Monday night's meeting, city council will approve the terms of reference for the new advisory committee on education and advisory committee on student needs.

Construction began on 133 new single-family homes in Prince George and area during 2014, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing numbers released last week.

The case against a man accused of illegally growing and selling marijuana in the Prince George area has been thrown out after a B.C. Supreme Court Justice found the Crown took too long to bring the matter to trial.

Some future drivers got an idea Thursday of just how hard it is to text and drive at the same time with the help of a video-based simulator.

Sandra DaSilva won the Prince George Hospice Dream Home Lottery on Thursday night. DaSilva, with ticket No. 5292, won the 2,754-square foot house located at 7648 Stillwater Cres. The home is worth an estimated $480,000.

The University of Northern B.C. Faculty Association has called on its members to give it a strike mandate for the negotiating table.

The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George has begun hammering out its 2015 budget. On Wednesday afternoon, the board of directors gave preliminary approval to $27.9 million worth of expenses for 20 service areas.

An overpaying slot machine at Treasure Cove Casino was among the technical malfunctions the B.C. Lottery Corporation encountered, according to a list provided by the provincial government's Gaming Enforcement Policy Branch. Between Feb.

Crown counsel has approved a charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking against Amanda Lee Girouard, 33, the woman who was arrested along with Ryan John Moore, 23, over the weekend.