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VANCOUVER -- Fifty-odd years ago when the provincial government wanted to build the massive W.A.C. Bennett Dam, the regulatory process was a "day and a half of hearings, then the shovel went into the ground," said BC Hydro's Susan Yurkovich.

Soaring heat and intense sun can turn any vehicle into an oven in the summertime, causing heat exhaustion or even death for children and pets. With temperatures rising this weekend to 25 C or higher, the risk is much greater, the B.C.

With hot weather and summer holidays rippling through the area, there are leisure-seekers on air mattresses and inner tubes floating merrily down local streams with the Nechako River being the favourite waterway.

The City of Prince George unveiled a program Friday aimed at combating graffiti. The program, Graffiti Free PG, provides the labour and supplies to paint over graffiti on private and business property at no cost.

A ban on open fires has come into effect for the provincial parks, Crown lands and private land outside municipalities in the Prince George Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires.

The average selling price for a single family home hit an unprecedented level over the first half of the year. As of the end of June, they were going for $275,353, according to a B.C.

A former Prince George man found guilty of leading police on a chase in a stolen pickup truck loaded with stolen industrial equipment 20 months ago will have to wait a few more weeks before knowing what his sentence will be.

The number of people employed in Prince George rose back above the 50,000 mark last month, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey results released Friday.

The Prince George RCMP will be offering one last public tour of its new home on Saturday. The tours run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Until the air advisory is lifted there's free transit for Prince George residents from the city's Free Fare for Clean Air program.