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Prince George RCMP are investigating after what looks like an early morning shooting in Lower College Heights. Just after 4 a.m. Monday, officers responded to reports of shots fired in the Gladstone Crescent area.

A woman has been arrested after setting a fire inside the University Hospital of Northern B.C. Sunday. Just after 10 p.m. on Nov.

Preliminary investigations indicate a dispute between two individuals escalated into a case of deadly road rage, according to a Fraser Fort George Traffic Services report.

A townhouse in the 2100 block of Upland Street was on fire when 15 firefighters from three halls responded to the call just before 6 a.m. Monday morning. Flames were visible when fire rescue arrived and residents of the unit had been evacuated.

Internationally-syndicated columnist, author and Academy Award-nominated broadcaster Gwynne Dyer will be giving a free public lecture at UNBC on Thursday evening.

By now there will be some sprouts of growth just south of many male noses around the city, as men keep a stiff upper lip in the battle against cancer.

Grade 9 student Neyve Eggar is used to talking politics. Her mother teaches political science at the university and dinner conversation can sometimes delve into topics covering issues usually reserved for the classroom.

Captain Ian Bruce Macaskie was an officer with the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. He was with the British Expeditionary Force in France and was captured by the Germans during rear-guard action in 1940. He spent five years in prison camps.

Police have located a Prince George man who was reported missing on Saturday. On Saturday morning police issued a call for anyone with information about the whereabouts of Kale Alexander Welsh, 26 to contact them. Welsh had been missing since 11 p.m.

The city's unemployment rate stood at a rock-bottom 4.9 per cent in October, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers released Friday. That's down from an already low 5.2 per cent in September.