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Crews battling the China Nose wildfire had the blaze 50 per cent contained as of Monday morning, according to an update from the B.C. wildfire management branch. "Crews continue to make good progress on the China Nose wildfire," officials said.

A downtown business owner who says a local bylaw is hurting his bottom line is bringing his concerns to city council.

Surprising no one, roads continue to be top of mind for residents contacted for a public opinion poll as part of the city's budget process.

The first early-bird prize has been handed out in the Hospice Society's Dream Home Lottery, but the society is also counting itself as a winner.

Limiting a tax levy increase in next year's budget to 3.5 per cent would require a variety of measures including a hiring freeze and overtime ban, according to early budget figures staff have prepared for a city council committee.

Riverside Place, a Vanderhoof non-profit seniors complex, got a spirit-lifting boost recently thanks to a change of scenery provided by the Nechako Valley Photography Club.

The Me in Dementia: Increasing Understanding Along the Dementia Journey is a conference taking place at the Ramada Hotel Sept. 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Police are crediting use of a piece of high-tech hiking equipment for the quick rescue Thursday of an elderly woman unable to walk out of the bush because she was injured. They were notified at about 11:30 a.m.

The victim of what police are describing as a "suspicious death" in Mackenzie was 49-year-old Maurice Wallace, North District RCMP's major crimes unit said Friday. RCMP launched an investigation Aug.

A Prince George man was sentenced to a further nine-and-a-half months in jail Friday for his role in a home invasion in which a quadriplegic and his two caregivers were bear sprayed.