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Prince George suffered an increase in crime severity last year, according to a Statistics Canada analysis released this week. The city was assigned a score of 149.87, an increase of 17.35 points from 2014.

More than 100 people are expected to converge on the west side of Tabor Mountain this Saturday to celebrate a lengthened and improved mobility trail.

The ever-popular Friends of Thomas Days will be on track at the Central B.C. Railway and Forestry Museum from Friday to Sunday. Each day starts off with a Friends of Thomas pancake breakfast from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and a barbecue from noon to 3 p.m.

Friends of Thomas Friday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day the Railway and Forestry Museum, 850 River Rd., is hosting Friends of Thomas Days with a pancake breakfast from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and a barbecue from noon to 3 p.m.

Canfor cut the ribbon on two new pellet plants in Chetwynd and Fort St. John on Tuesday.

Northeast B.C. mayors and the province's natural gas ministry are looking for alternative markets for B.C. petroleum products after a string of bad news for B.C.'s stalled LNG export industry.

School district reviews relationship with Ness Lake after complaints

The Prince George RCMP are requesting the public's help in locating a missing local youth who has not been heard from in a week. Keira Zoe Prince, 17, is described as First Nations, 170 cm (5'7"), with medium build, brown hair, brown eyes.

Prince George Fire Rescue doused a blaze at an 800-block Burden Street home late Wednesday morning. In all, 15 firefighters from three halls were called to the scene shortly before 11:30 a.m. where they found smoke coming from the roof area.

Police will be looking for links between a trove of firearms seized when the son of a now-dead gangster was arrested over the weekend and a series of recent shootings, Prince George RCMP said Wednesday.