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The holiday season can be both full of joyous celebrations with family and friends and also fraught with potential mental health aggravation.

Labour peace appears to be close to returning to CNC. The college and CUPE Local 4951 reached a tentative agreement on local issues over the weekend, but ratification from both sides won't happen until early next year.

Walk for Memories, presented by the Alzheimer Society of B.C., is putting an immediate call out for volunteers. There's a need for people to put up posters right now to help promote the event taking place Sunday, January 27 from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Local families having a food emergency at Christmas will get a record amount of help from paramedics. Prince George's crews from the B.C.

The average rent in Prince George has been on the rise as vacancy rates have declined, according to a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation report. As of October, the vacancy rate for all types of accommodation was 4.0 per cent, down from 5.

An Alberta man was found guilty Monday of aggravated assault for an attack that severely injured a gay and legally blind McBride man. In reaching the verdict against Michael Allan Richter, 33, of Ponoka, B.C.

The First Nations Health Council took another step towards delivering health care to Aboriginal people in the province Monday after signing a partnership agreement with the provincial and federal governments.

Labour peace appears to be close to returning to CNC. The college and CUPE Local 4951 reached a tentative agreement on local issues over the weekend, but ratification from both sides won't happen until early next year.

Contrary to a story in Saturday's Citizen, Canfor Pulp will not pay a lower electricity rate during the installation process for two new turbo generators at the Northwood Pulp Mill.

CN Centre is hosting the Price is Right Live Wednesday March 6, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.