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Majority of online poll voters support faculty strike at UNBC

During the last Citizen poll we asked the question "Do you support the UNBC faculty going on strike?" The top answer was a resounding "Yes, local professors are some of the lowest paid university faculty in Canada," which garnered 44 per cent of the

Confinement conviction yields jail time

Donald Andrew Woodcock, 33, was sentenced Friday in Prince George provincial court to 14 months in jail for unlawful confinement or imprisonment from an April 18, 2014 incident.

Downtown parking plan put on hold

The arrival of licence-plate recognition as a city parking enforcement tool has been delayed again. After failing to receive any bids on a request for proposal (RFP) last fall, bylaw services has gone back to the drawing board.
A new normal

A new normal

When Sarah White moved back to Prince George months after her stem cell transplant in Vancouver, she was home but suddenly missing the support of friends all-too-familiar with cancer.

Unemployment rate 4.4 per cent

The city's unemployment rate stood at 4.4 per cent in February, according to Statistics Canada Labour Market survey numbers released Friday that indicate the low rate is partly a product of a declining workforce in the city.
P.G. winery celebrates milestone

P.G. winery celebrates milestone

Northern Lights Estate Winery is, so far, only Northern Lights Estate Juicery but with a few flicks of the wrist on Friday, the wine process began.
Clean sweep

Clean sweep

A city street sweeper was out cleaning up Wednesday morning along Ospika Boulevard. Spring clean-up has started early this year.
Look Who's Celebrating March 2015

Look Who's Celebrating March 2015

Students cross picket line to talk to UNBC president

Students cross picket line to talk to UNBC president

A group of University of Northern B.C. students who crossed the picket line Friday morning were greeted with a face-to-face sit-down with the school’s top administrator.
Juror bursts into tears during Lakeland inquest

Juror bursts into tears during Lakeland inquest

Emotions ran high Friday at the coroner’s inquest into the Lakeland Mills sawmill explosion.