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The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George holds its next open public meeting this week. The board and senior staff will gather on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the RDFFG building on First Avenue and George Street.

It was a ceremony full of light moments when a celebration was held Saturday at the University of Northern British Columbia for the latest class of students to graduate from the Northern Medical Program.

The Polar Coachmen Fly Fishing Club is holding an open house on Thursday evening at UNBC. "Whether you are just learning about fly fishing or your kitchen table is covered in fly tying gear," it's open to everyone, club member Glen Mikkelson said.

Amid the sea of graduating gowns seated on the floor of CN Centre, Jonathan Hansen couldn't help but stand out during the College of New Caledonia's convocation on Saturday.

Single-family homes sold for an average $220,039 last month, the B.C. Real Estate Association said Friday, a $6,789 increase over the month before. The number of sales also rose, by 24 units to a total of 338, boosting the dollar volume by $7.

It's now more than eight weeks since little Hannah Parker of Prince George was rushed to Vancouver with stage four cancer caused by a Wilms tumor on her left kidney that had aggressively spread to her lungs and liver.

Here's your chance to own an oil on velvet of poker playing dogs. An evening of "bad art for good pets" will be held on Thurs., May 27 at Nancy O's restaurant downtown - a silent auction to raise money for the local branch of the B.C.

A number of First Nations items that were stolen 20 years ago have been quietly returned to the Tomahawk restaurant in North Vancouver.

In keeping with May being Hospice Month, a local company found a great way to recognize the end-of-life work done by Prince George Rotary Hospice House.

The Citizen's own Gord Hoekstra is a finalist for the award of outstanding journalism in 2009, presented by the Canadian Association of Journalists.