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College of New Caledonia is hosting a public engagement session for the new Vanderhoof campus on Thursday. It will be held at 139 First St., the CNC building in the community, starting at 5 p.m.

A new special prosecutor has been assigned to the Luke Strimbold case. Richard Peck, a senior Vancouver lawyer in private practice, will take over the job, the B.C. Prosecution Service said today.

Proceeds from the event will go toward school ski programs at Otway

Amnesty International Prince George will be hosting a Write for Rights event on Monday evening. It's set for Artspace, above Books and Company at 1685 Third Ave., 6:30 to 9 p.m.

No more detours!

The intersection of Queensway and Patricia Boulevard is scheduled to reopen on Thursday, the city says. The stretch has been closed since Nov. 7 to allow a sewer line to be installed along Patricia.

The B.C. forest minister's trade mission to Asia has become something of an annual tradition that, this year, has an air to it of battling back against tough markets that have crimped the province's exports of forest products.