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Three people are facing charges after police seized 22 ounces of illicit drugs with a street value of $50,000 from a Nechako Drive home last week, Prince George RCMP said.

Drivers with unpaid parking tickets can have them waived later this week through a "toys for tickets" drive hosted by Imperial Parking (Impark). On Thursday, between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Record-setting warmth is in the forecast for today. Environment Canada is calling for a high of 9 C, and if that's reached it will shatter the old record of 6 C, set in 1990. The average high for this date is -3 C.

Operation Red Nose Prince George delivered 220 rides during its second weekend of taking party-goers home during the holiday season. On Friday, 65 volunteers, including 20 road teams, delivered 95 rides, travelling 2,433 kilometres.

An Ontario company has been awarded a contract to redesign the city's website. The eSolutions Group, one of seven companies that submitted proposals, will carry out the work for $124,300, the city said in a press release issued Monday.

A Prince George area farmer has grown cantaloupe in his field from seed to harvest.

Prince George and area will enjoy a warmer than usual winter, meteorologists are predicting, and we can thank El Nino for that.

Re-read some of the Citizen's most popular stories in November. 1. Lost at Lost Lake The title really says it all.

The city's unemployment rate stood at 6.5 per cent in November, according to Statistics Canada numbers released Friday. That's up from 4.4 per cent for November 2014, when there were 52,100 people working, compared to 47,300 last month.

Prince George is now home to one of the province's top Toastmasters. Mike Carr, a 35-year-old project manager and systems administrator at Winton Homes, was named the District 96 Outstanding Toastmaster of the Year on Nov. 21.