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The Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable will be offering an incentive to get rid of old smoky wood-burning stoves for another year.

Former MLA and B.C. cabinet minister Pat Bell has been appointed to the Northeren Health board. Bell, who was the MLA for Prince George North and Prince George-Mackenzie for 12 years, began a two-year term at the start of the year.

A Mountie's hunch proved to be a prolific offender's undoing.

RCMP have apprehended a man wanted on an outstanding warrant. Andrew Carl Pete, 24, was arrested without incident on Wednesday after police acted on a tip he was at a business in the 1900 block of Victoria Street.

An increase in property crime has prompted police to urge residents to take precautions. From January 1 to February 19, the Prince George RCMP have received 661 reports of property crimes compared to 503 during the same period last year, a 31.

A Prince George man has been sentenced to a further 391 days in jail for his role in a wild attempt to evade police in a stolen pickup truck.

A new pavilion will replace the now long-gone shelter that once covered the picnic area at Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park. An artist's rendition was unveiled Friday during a media event at the location.

For people who want to learn to cook and people who want to eat, there's no better partnership than the one between the Cooking Up Jobs students and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 43 in Prince George.

Three local entrepreneurs will go on stage tonight and tell everyone their most embarrassing business moments. They "effed up" and they're willing to talk about it, so other business people and aspiring startups can learn from their mistakes.

Caribou populations in the South Peace appear to be stabilizing after the species was brought to the brink three years ago, but wildlife experts disagree on the role B.C.'s controversial wolf cull is playing in that recovery.