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The Westwood Pub held its Puppy Pub Day on May 3 and raised $8,000 for the North Cariboo SPCA. The event was a day-long event and featured a silent auction, 50/50 draw and a raffle, along with a barbecue, hockey shoot out, and a duck game.

Environment Canada has renewed a warning for a severe thunderstorm south of Prince George.

Since five people died in pedestrian versus vehicle collisions last year, the Prince George RCMP will be taking enforcement action against pedestrians and drivers in the next few weeks, during the Pedestrian Safety Campaign.

Grade 12 students in Prince George, along with 20 other communities in B.C., get a two-day free pass of unlimited transit in June. BC Transit has offered this program for the last 27 years.

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 469 days in jail and one year probation for breaking into a home and stealing a motor vehicle. Travis Inias Basil was arrested Dec. 4, 2014 after Prince George RCMP were called at 6 a.m.

Rising water levels in rivers and streams around the region are a cause for concern, according to the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.

A new school district facility report is forecasting a number of financial decisions dealing with School District 57's used and vacant properties that trustees will have to address in the fall.

While homeowners southwest of Prince George were keeping a close eye on the Little Bobtail Lake forest fire, a Pineview area couple's attention was focussed on a much smaller blaze but with the potential to become just as big.

An employee at a pulp mill in Mackenzie is upset no WorkSafeBC officer showed up at the scene on the day a fellow worker's arm was pulled into a running machine.

The second edition of the Canada North Resources Expo is set to start its massive, heavy-duty engines. The event is spread over four Prince George acres, encompassing most of CN Centre and the Exhibition Grounds.