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While working to improving the lives of the living and comfort the dying in their last days, Lorne Calder inspires the entire community. Lorne joined Rotary when he moved to Prince George with his family from Vancouver in 1993.

Water and the sustainability of the local aquifer has been a point of contention since the Northern Supportive Recovery Centre for Women was proposed.

After two years as second-in-command, Bob Murray has accepted the mantle of leader of the College of New Caledonia's board of directors. Murray was elected to the position during the first meeting of the new semester Sept. 30.

The Vanderhoof RCMP reports that hunters Nathan Redwood of Nautley and Jesse Bird of Vanderhoof were located Monday at Knewstubb Lake where bad weather conditions kept them "hunkered down overnight."

A locally-based co-operative of trucking firms and heavy equipment operators has reached a deal to sell carbon offsets to the Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT).

It's October, which means across British Columbia, communities are recognizing Community Living Month, celebrating the gifts and talents people with developmental disabilities bring to society.

A former Chilliwack school board member is seeking a trustee seat in Prince George. Sharon Bourassa, 44, was a trustee in the Fraser Valley community from 2005 to 2008 when, she said, that district went through its own share of turmoil.

A stronger job market could be the cause of a slight decrease in enrolment at College of New Caledonia this year. "We've seen the unemployment rate drop. It was 10 per cent and now it's less than six [per cent], I think.

Operation Red Nose 2011 is hosting a volunteer recruitment night on Saturday, 6 p.m. start, in the atrium of the College of New Caledonia. The organization provides rides home to partygoers who've drank too much to get behind the wheel.

Mayor Dan Rogers is calling on the federal government to get back to the table and negotiate on RCMP services in B.C. Earlier this week B.C. Solicitor General Shirley Bond told local government officials at the Union of B.C.