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City council chose to stay out of a squabble between Vanderhoof and Prince George fall fairs over event dates.

Council voted unanimously to donate $5,000 to St. John's Ambulance to help set up a Mobile First Response Unit. The city has an operating contingency for major one-time expenses, council heard at Monday's meeting.

The company responsible for B.C.'s much-maligned MyEducationBC student information system admitted it had "performance issues" and apologized to School District 57 for the inconvenience.

In four years, the number of needles collected by the city has increased fivefold. In 2015, city staff collected 894 needles through its drop box program, said a Solid Waste Service report to Prince George city council.

City struggling to keep up with increase in illegal dumping

More than 1,000 people showed up at the Coast Inn of the North on Monday to drop off resumes in hopes of landing a job on BC Hydro's Site C dam project.

Four local groups are among those that have received community gaming grant funding for public safety initiatives, the provincial government said this week.

Permits for $2 million worth of construction were taken out in January, according to a monthly report from city hall. That's way down from $9.7 million over the same month last year and also down from the $2.9 million reached in January 2014.

A Prince George man who is suing over injuries he allegedly suffered while riding a mechanical bull knew the risks when he hopped on the machine, the businesses he is taking action against say in a response.

Bob Zimmer has been elected vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.