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There was more going on in education in Prince George in 2014 than just the many headlines surrounding the lengthy strike by public school teachers.

Operation Red Nose had 35 teams on the road on New Year's Eve and made 204 trips to make sure party-goers got a safe ride home within a seven-hour span.

Jack August Simmons made quite a splash when he was born. He arrived in the water-birth tub at University Hospital and he was also the city's first baby of 2015, arriving on the evening of Jan. 1.

The B.C. Vital Statistics Agency released its list of the most popular names for boys and girls born in 2013. There were 42,925 babies born in B.C. in 2013 -22,491 boys and 21,434 girls -according to information released by the agency on Thursday.

It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter.

Some high profile civil matters wound their way through the courts in 2014. In May, a lawsuit brought against the city by Haldi Road area residents opposed to the development of the Northern Supportive Recovery Centre was dismissed.

Education in 2014 was defined by a protracted, months-long contract dispute between public teachers and the province. In the wake of the longest provincewide strike in B.C.

Northern Health was not expecting any babies to be born at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. on New Year's Day as of 4 p.m. on Thursday.

The Prince George Airport is under a freezing rain warning. In a statement issued around 11:30 a.m. on Friday, the airport authority advised anyone flying into or out of Prince George on Friday to check the airport's website (www.pgairport.