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Crown prosecution is seeking the maximum sentence that can be served in a provincial institution for a man who stabbed and severely injured a woman outside a Mackenzie nightspot three years ago. If B.C.

For the first time in eight years, the College of New Caledonia is projecting a surplus as it prepares for next year's budget.

We want to hear from local residents through a new weekly series called Have Your Say. Each Thursday, we'll publish reader responses to a question we pose the week before.

School District 57 is considering a $100 per student fee for school bus riders in an effort to find money to fulfill the province's two-year administrative savings mandate announced last February.

The funeral for Matt Pearce, the well-known teacher, union leader, coach and athlete, has been scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. at Westwood Mennonite Brethren Church. Pearce, 48, died suddenly in the early morning hours of Saturday, Jan. 23.

Going for Gold is the sixth episode airing in the third season of HGTV's hit show Timber Kings featuring work done by the crew of log home creators from Williams Lake. The show airing, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.

The coffee is on at the Prince George Chamber of Commerce this morning. Stop by, pour yourself a cup and have a visit. The CEO has a fresh pot brewing from 8 to 9 a.m. for anyone who wants to talk about the chamber.

The College of New Caledonia's board is refuting some of the findings reported by the Lakes District Family Enhancement Society in a September impact study it commissioned after last year's Burns Lake campus cuts.

AltaGas is moving to northern B.C. in a half-billion-dollar way. The Alberta petroleum company confirmed it is building a shipping facility in Prince Rupert for the propane side of its many products during last week's B.C.

A former Willow River man declared a dangerous offender in 2000 after he was convicted of making child pornography will remain behind bars. In a Dec. 15 decision, the Parole Board of Canada denied James Darren Bennett, 56, both full and day parole.