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w/ side bar: objective of draft plan not new A long-awaited computer modeling study pinpoints leading fine particulate air pollutant sources in Prince George as road dust, industrial emissions, locomotives, restaurants and residential heating.

The intersection at Highway 16 and Domano Boulevard - known as the most dangerous intersection in northern B.C.

A strong majority of Austin Road and Springwood parents have no problems with moving playgrounds from those closed schools to Heather Park elementary school.

B.C. federal RCMP have launched the Cariboo Region Integrated Marijuana Enforcement Task Force to fight the problem of commercial-scale marihuana grow-ops in the areas of Prince George, Quesnel, Williams Lake and 100 Mile House.

For the month of December RCMP will be manning CounterAttack road checks across B.C. to help reduce impaired driving charges.

The number of major projects underway in the Prince George area as of September remained unchanged at five from the previous quarter, according to a provincial government inventory released this week.

A previously-unpublicized task force has taken down 27 marijuana grow ops and seized 54,000 plants since it was established three months ago in response to a three-fold increase in the number of complaints in the Cariboo region, federal RCMP revealed

Western Coal Corp. announced Thursday it has extended its exclusivity agreement with U.S.-based Walter Energy on talks to sell the company to the American company in a $3.3-billion deal.

CFIB municipal spending study claims Prince George is province's worst offender

Two masked males approached the white newer model Honda Civic in the parking lot of the Columbus Community Centre on Domano Boulevard Thursday night at about 10:45.