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A fairly tame affair turned into a rallying cry for improving health care in northern B.C. when Prince George Dr. Bert Kelly took to the stage at the annual Dr. Bob Ewert Memorial Lecture and Dinner on Saturday night.

Does an increase assessed property value automatically equal an increase in property taxes? Not always, according to city finance manager Sandra Stibrany. The city sets its tax rates to collect a fixed amount of money each year.

A trio of Prince George doctors became the latest inductees into the Northern Medical Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Civic Centre on Saturday night. Dr. Chong Lim, Dr. Tony Eckersley and Dr.

Firefighters converged on a Hamilton Avenue home for an afternoon distress call. They arrived to find the resident had already dealt with the blaze himself. For full coverage of the incident, read Monday's edition of The Citizen.

The days-long fire spewing from a propane truck on Highway 16 has been put out.

A fairly tame affair turned into a rallying cry for improving health care in northern B.C. when Prince George Dr. Bert Kelly took to the stage at the annual Dr. Bob Ewert Memorial Lecture and Dinner on Saturday night.

A dedicated group of Prince George teenagers are preparing to experience a culture shock during an 18-day stay in Nairobi, Kenya.

An outbreak of parvovirus at the North Cariboo SPCA shelter has resulted in the shelter's dogs being quarantined. The virus can be deadly to dogs, and is particularly dangerous to puppies which have not been vaccinated.

An active, healthy community is the goal for Northern Medical Program students at UNBC who practice what they preach. The 32 students, who began studies in 2009 to become physicians, are holding the sixth annual Run for Rural Medicine at 9 a.m.

Only a few hours remain before residents in Mackenzie will know if their town is the next Kraft Hockeyville. The town, 175 km north of Prince George, is facing off against Conception Bay South, Nfld.; St. Raymond, Que.; Wolfe Island, Ont.