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Ten years ago, while immersed in the excitement of expecting her second child, a Prince George woman received earth-shattering news.

It will be some time yet before it's know how many BC Hydro jobs in Prince George are at stake as a result of a review panel recommending the utility cut up to 1,200 jobs, says a spokeswoman for a union representing employees at the Crown corporation

A new program fixated on men's health in the B.C. north hopes to replicate the success of a similar program focused on road safety. The program is a Northern Health initiative.

School board trustee Roxanne Ricard confirmed Thursday she won't be running for re-election in November and bid a not-so-fond farewell as she labeled some of her colleagues "petty and immature." Ricard declined to name names.

The Heritage Commission of the City of Prince George presented the Heritage Citation Award to the Prince George Agricultural and Historical Association, sponsors of the Prince George Exhibition, on Thursday night at a banquet in Kin 1.

Rising Chinese demand for lumber has prompted CN Rail to launch a $3.2 million effort to increase the container-handling capacity of its north yard and increase its payroll at the site by 25 employees.

Police closed in and arrested a man on Thursday who stole merchandise from the Pine Centre Mall, threatened security personnel, caused a scene in public, evaded police, resisted arrest, but was eventually cornered in a wooded area at the south end of

The senior officers at RCMP North District Headquarters all dressed in traditional Mountie riding breeches and High Brown boots on Wedesday. It was a salute to Chief Supt. Barry Clark, the RCMP's commander of B.C.'s northern region.

A bureaucratic decision caused a grieving family more stress when a funeral home barred them from seeing their loved-one until permission arrived from the province - nearly two weeks later.

The four cadet corps in Prince George are not moving anywhere.