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Federal New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton spent part of his visit to Prince George on Tuesday taking the Conservatives to task over the decision to give provinces billions of dollars in cash incentive to adopt the harmonized sales tax.

All it takes is a simple shoe box filled with small gifts and a few sweets to open doors of wonder and delight for needy children throughout the world.

Nearly $100,000 has been earmarked for a flood diversion channel at Cottonwood Island Park. Each of the federal and provincial governments and the city will provide $33,306 for a total of $99,919 for the project, the trio announced Tuesday.

Enbridge Inc., which has plans to construct a $5.5-billion oil pipeline through northern B.C., posted third-quarter earnings of $157 million, about half of its earnings during the same period last year.

From Prince George provincial court November 3 Charles Christopher Chingee was sentenced to 45 days in jail and one year probation for uttering threats to burn, destroy or damage and to 25 days in jail and one year probation for breach of probation.

One of the biggest craft fairs in Prince George attracted people to the Civic Centre this weekend, with vendors coming from across Canada for the annual event.

With coal forecast to reach record-breaking export volumes through the ports of Prince Rupert and Vancouver this year, a British Columbia trade mission to Asia is arguing the province is positioned to substantially increase its share of the world exp

Ribbons were cut to celebrate the official opening of the new Hub City Volkswagen building in Prince George on Saturday morning.

The group who came to The Citizen coffee hour Friday could smell winter closing in. So the talk soon turned to thoughts of snow, street clearing, and talk of cutting costs in this area to help balance the city's operations budget.

John Stecyk is the new city manager for the City of Quesnel. He was named to the position on Wednesday, and will start in the position Jan. 4.