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A 10-year plan to boost tourism in Prince George was released Friday by Tourism Prince George Society. The plan outlines 28 short- and long-term tactics for developing and promoting Prince George as a preferred tourism destination.

An RCMP member came upon an assault as five males beat up a 22-year-old male Tuesday night at about 9 at Kenwood and 20th Avenue. The five males who are known to police and are involved in a local organized crime group.

UNBC announced Friday that Lakeland Mills has been awarded a $1.7-million contract to supply wood residues from its sawmill in Prince George to feed the university's $15-million bioenergy heating plant.

If you want to hear the real story of living at the new Gateway Lodge in Prince George, you need to talk to the residents. They'll tell you exactly how it is in the $42 million retirement home that held its official opening Friday.

The Feds tabled the Boundary and Transboundary Waters Treaty Act yesterday, which means that Canada's water is protected from bulk removal outside of the country.

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.

A second phase of work will start this Monday on River Road. To focus on a two-kilometre stretch from Foley Crescent to the CN overpass at First Avenue, the improvements will be much the same as the ones made to a 1.

Residents of The Baldy Hughes Therapeutic Community and Addiction Treatment Centre are getting a leg up with the help of some businesses in Prince George.

Katherine Sui, a third year nursing student at UNBC, is experiencing the summer of a lifetime in Shanghai, China. She's spending six months working at Expo 2010 as one of 30 hosting personnel in the public exhibition area of the Canada Pavilion.

Novice collectors now have a chance to buy, sell, or trade their goods with other collectors. The P.G.