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A six-year-old boy's quick thinking is being credited with preventing a Mackenzie man from ending up in even worse condition after he suffered serious injuries when he was a passenger in a car that rolled on Morfee Mountain Road shortly after midnigh

The United Church of Canada is supporting a group from its B.C. wing opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline, but local minister David Wood said that doesn't mean the church is completely against the project.

The city is asking for a little more patience from the businesses and residents affected by the construction of the Boundary Road connector. Since last May, Boeing Road and its surrounding plane-named streets have been a construction zone as the 6.

The winners of three early bird prizes for those who have bought tickets in the Prince George Hospice Society 2012 Dream Home were drawn Monday.

A spill in a pipeline in Michigan in 2010 has been giving Enbridge grief with Northern Gateway opponents. Now the company must hand over evidence related to the incident to the National Energy Board's Joint Review Panel.

Prince George's SPCA animal shelter will be offering a deal on cat adoptions later this month. During the Pick your Purr-fect Price campaign from Aug. 23 to 25, adopters can choose an adult cat and name their own adoption fee.

Geoff de Ruiter has yet to figure out a way to make a hybrid engine run on charcoal, but give him time.

A Vanderhoof rancher contends that mining exploration is displacing his cows from his designated area of the forest. Wayne Daul lives on a large cattle spread more than an hour south of Vanderhoof, in the remote backcountry of Mount Davidson.

Traffic will be reduced Thursday to single-lane alternating 1.5 kilometres north of Hixon on Highway 97 to carry out bridge maintenance. The work will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A group of seniors are unhappy with a city decision to limit on-street parking outside their homes. On Monday Barney Skakun presented city staff with a petition signed by all 50 residents living in the seniors' row housing at 1010 Liard Drive.