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The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is urging drivers to keep a close eye out for children playing outside, especially around playgrounds and residential areas, now that summer has started.

Burnaby-Lougheed MLA Jane Shin has now seen more of northern B.C.'s backroads and whistlestops than many longtime regional residents. She's got the dust on the Fiat to prove it.

Record-breaking heat is possible by the time the weekend rolls around. The daytime high is expected to reach 29 C on Saturday and then 30 on Sunday and Monday, according to an Environment Canada five-day forecast issued Tuesday.

The University of Northern B.C. more than makes the grade, according to new results of an alumni survey. More than 80 per cent are employed in their area of study, and half of graduates got work within a month of leaving the northern campus.

Starting in September, School District 57 students can access university courses. The dual-credit program with the University of Northern B.C.

All three proposals submitted by University of Northern B.C. researchers to a national agency won funding for a total of $436,000.

A Prince George man has been found not guilty of deliberately driving over one of his adversaries, but faces sentencing on other charges from a confrontation with two men in a local parking lot two years ago.

The Prince George RCMP's victim services section is looking to increase its volunteer base. "We have an amazing, close knit and dedicated team of 12 volunteers but we like to have that number closer to 20," coordinator Krista Levar said.

Prince George RCMP took no chances Saturday evening when they responded to report of someone running with a long gun into an apartment building.

Hundreds came to National Aboriginal Day celebrations and to the renaming of the Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park and spoke about what National Aboriginal Day means them: "This particular Aboriginal Day means some truth and reconciliation.