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Mayor remains concerned about IPG severance package

Answers given last week on the nearly $140,000 in severance former Initiatives Prince George chief executive officer Tim McEwan will receive are leaving Mayor Shari Green less than satisfied.

Drug shortages not causing Northern Health surgery cancellations

Health authorities across the country are scrambling to find alternate sources of injectable drugs, now that the country's major supplier Sandoz Canada has halted production at its Quebec plant.

Police probe shelter death

A 39-year-old man was found dead at a local shelter. "Although there are no obvious signs of foul play, the Prince George RCMP's Serious Crime Section was called in to investigate," said police spkesman Cpl. Craig Douglass.

Topp talks economy while in Prince George

Federal NDP leadership candidate Brian Topp brought a call to Prince George on Monday for developing an economy based on value-added products and less focused on exporting raw natural resources.

Three Prince George men convicted of stumpage rate fraud in Okanagan

THE CANADIAN PRESS KELOWNA, B.C. - Three B.C. men swindled the government by manipulating the way they paid stumpage on logs harvested from Crown land, a Kelowna judge has ruled.

Here comes the judge

Science fair projects present interesting ideas to evaluators

P.G. activist wins social work award

During a week recognizing the work of social workers across the province/country, one Prince George resident stood out. Vincent Sherry was the surprise recipient of the Bridget Moran Advancement of Social Work in Northern Communities Award.

PGAIR gets funding for wood stove education programs

The Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable (PGAIR) wood stove program is going to be taken to a new level this year.

Decade-old remains identified

An exhaustive investigation has uncovered the identity of the body discovered last summer. The BC Coroners Service confirmed the identity of a male found deceased in a wooded area near Williams Lake on Aug. 24, 2011 as that of Dennis Russell Meleta.
Crescent Spur operators find heli-ski heaven

Crescent Spur operators find heli-ski heaven

Former Spruce King Mark Aubrey bringing skiers to Robson Valley powder paradise