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Local economic development people have issued a wish list of what they would like to see the federal and provincial governments take on as priorities when MPs and MLAs return to Ottawa and Victoria in early March.

Northern Health has teamed up with Ron and Chase Larson of Larson Motorsports Team to raise awareness about all the benefits of tobacco-free sports as well as to influence youth behaviour through positive role models during the "Motorsports Yes, Toba

Donations of money continue to flow into the Canadian Red Cross for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. Becky Row, regional operations manager for northern B.C. and the Yukon, said Thursday that donated funds from northerners total $112,021.

A new trial has been ordered for the man found guilty of using a machete to commit a murder in the parking lot of a Prince George fast food restaurant slightly more than five years ago. In a ruling issued Monday, the B.C.

The Prince George Crisis Centre, serving northern B.C., is now in crisis itself. "We're in big trouble. We're so short of volunteers we can no longer operate 24 hours a day," said Verna MacLeod, executive director.

A task force looking into B.C.'s local government electoral process has a new website to provide information on the existing system and collect written comments from the public. The site is found at www.localelectionstaskforce.gov.bc.

Timed to coincide with the Olympic torch relay, the school district office Ferry Avenue will be the site of a peaceful protest against the pending closure of Prince George area schools on Friday. With the torch relay to start at 5 p.m.

Local economic development people have issued a wish list of what they would like to see the federal and provincial governments take on as priorities when MPs and MLAs return to Ottawa and Victoria in early March.

A new message is being heard on answering machines since the latest driving laws were introduced this fall. Prince George research by ICBC showed that the message is being heard by local drivers.

Actor Luisa Jojic of Vancouver is highly enjoying her return to Theatre North West as part of Thy Neighbour's Wife story.