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Mayor Shari Green is passing the torch to the younger generation. With the support of Canada Winter Games officials, Green has chosen Raia Patrick-Prince, 10, to take her place as a Games torch bearer.

The city has finalized its list of organizations that are exempt from paying property tax next year. During Monday night's meeting, city council approved the staff-recommended list of permissive tax exemptions totaling an estimated $1.5 million.

B.C.'s native court workers - including the two who work at the Prince George courthouse - are on strike, saying they are being paid significantly less than other public workers doing similar work.

An application seeking to have lumber manufacturer John Brink's lawsuit against BCR Properties Ltd. dismissed has been struck from the list, according to court records, and a hearing on the matter that was set for Monday was canceled.

An Alberta man sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail for an attack in McBride on a gay blind man has won a partial victory from the B.C. Court of Appeal.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, 700 pounds of potatoes were delivered Tuesday to the Salvation Army and the St. Vincent de Paul Society, courtesy of inmates at the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre (PGRCC).

A lengthy public hearing on a potential expansion of Queensway's Cowboy Ranch pitted employees, regular patrons and other business owners against the pub's immediate neighbours on Monday night.

Eligible clients can now receive up to double the amount of family-related legal advice through an over-the-phone service offered by the provincial government.

Winter tires are now required on many highways across the province. Until March 31, passenger vehicles traveling almost all highways in northern B.C. will need tires rated for at least "mud and snow," marked with M+S on the sidewall.

Debby Ethier was the winner of the second early-bird prize in the Hospice Society's Dream Home Lottery.