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The regional district board of directors unanimously approved a $379,000 expansion to the methane gas capture system at the Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill. The project will be funded the from the district's Community Works Fund - a $1.

Polls closed at 8 p.m. in the 2011 Prince George municipal election. These are the unofficial results as of 9:20 p.m.

City councillor Shari Green became the second candidate in the city's history to defeat an incumbent mayor.

For the third-straight School District 57 trustee election, Sharel Warrington has earned the trust of the voting public. Warrington gathered 6,191 votes Saturday to top the list of 16 candidates on the trustee ballot, with 35 of 41 polls counted.

Suspected drug dealers busted Thursday afternoon are getting to keep suspected stolen items, said Prince George police, because possible rightful owners did not properly account for most of the items.

Polls have closed in the 2011 Prince George municipal election. The latest information available from the city indicated 10,187 voters cast their ballot in the election, down from 11,262 in 2008. General voting ran from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Prince George RCMP's latest drug bust highlights the growing popularity of pills, and the cross-generational aspect of the illicit material as well.

For the past 17 years, more than 10,000 winter coats have been given away in Prince George to people in need through the annual Coats For Kids campaign.

Cariboo-Prince George MP Dick Harris was the House of Common's second biggest spender, according to an expenditures by members report released this week.

Physiotherapy students who begin their training at UBC will have the chance to finish off their two-year programs in Prince George.