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Weekend ride totals from Operation Red Nose continue to climb as the seasonal safe ride system nears its fourth - and final - weekend. On Friday and Saturday 274 rides were completed by more than 161 volunteers over the two days.

A hundred years of firefighting in Prince George will be showcased in a hard-cover 100-page book called Frozen Flame, A History of the Prince George Fire Department.

Not even the thought of living in a Spruce Kings show home could tempt a man away from his family. Don Lucas won last year's Spruce Kings show home and has only set foot in it for about 15 minutes.

City council gets their first look tonight at a pair of proposals to bring 327 more hotel rooms to the busy Highway 16 and Highway 97 intersection.

With the necessary stamp of approval to add a patio to the downtown property, Lambda Cabaret owner Linda Allen is hoping to renovate the entire venue.

Public input will also be collected on a three-year temporary use permit to allow a shipping container to be placed in an empty lot in the VLA. The container would be placed at 2307 Oak St.

Over the last few months, 15 northern communities got the opportunity to train residents and Canada Winter Games medical volunteers in sport safety and injury prevention.

A day after Todd Doherty came out as top Tory candidate in Cariboo-Prince George, the news still felt fresh for the former Canada Winter Games director of revenue generation.

Todd Doherty will represent the Conservative Party in the Cariboo-Prince George riding in the 2015 federal election. Doherty defeated former mayor Shari Green and Nick Fedorkiw in the race to fill the seat being vacated by longtime MP Dick Harris.

A trio of Prince George businesses are semi-finalists for the 12th annual Small Business B.C. Awards. Game Quest is up for Premier's People's Choice, Playgrounds Caf for Best Concept, and Shiraz Caf and Restaurant for Best Immigrant Entrepreneur.