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School District 57 is calling on the province to prepare a poverty reduction plan in the wake of an annual report showing one in five B.C. children lives in a low-income family.

Sixteen years ago, James Moore was a University of Northern B.C. student with political aspirations. Today, he is a retired Conservative MP who held several cabinet posts in the Stephen Harper government.

When James Moore announced in June he would not be seeking another term, the Conservative industry minister followed a line of cabinet ministers – John Baird, Peter MacKay, Shelly Glover – backing away from public life.

Applications are now being accepted for a new grant program aimed at boosting winter and summer events.

This year at the Festival of Trees there is a full-sized tree a youth group added to the collection at the Civic Centre. The group is the College Heights Secondary School Interact Club, sponsored by teacher Cindy Smith and the Yellowhead Rotary Club.

The B.C. Motor Vehicle Sales Association has issued a warning to be aware of a scam involving "cloned" vehicles.

The B.C. and Alaska governments signed a co-operation agreement Wednesday over mines that could affect trans-boundary rivers, and includes a promise to develop a joint water-quality monitoring program.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has reinstated a Superintendent of Motor Vehicles adjudicator's decision to impose a 90-day driving prohibition against a Prince George man who failed to pass a roadside screening test.

A northern MP is heading to France to make sure the new government's "feet are held to the fire" during climate change talks.

If Prince George party-goers need a safe ride home this weekend, Operation Red Nose will be ready to answer their calls.