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Prince George Coun. Garth Frizzell has been selected to lead a national committee aimed at pushing the feds to make changes benefiting local governments.

City council will get to see what a 1.5 per cent tax levy increase looks like, but won't be holding itself to that number. During Monday night's meeting, the majority of council members were unsupportive of a proposal by Coun.

The decision not to increase the pay for incoming city councillors was made more concrete Monday night.

Federal New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair promised Monday a "different approach" to First Nations relations if elected prime minister as he embarked on a day-long tour of northwest B.C. communities.

Raise a Reader, the annual fundraising campaign for local literacy projects, will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 24, in Prince George.

Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that left a Hart-area home damaged in what is believed to have been a targeted act. At about 9:45 p.m.

The B.C. Ministry of Environment has issued a wildfire smoke advisory for Prince George and six other Central Interior communities. "Avoid strenuous outdoor activities," officials said in the advisory, issued shortly after 11 a.m. today.

MACKENZIE, B.C. - RCMP in Mackenzie, B.C., are investigating what police believe is a suspicious death. Police say a dead person was discovered on a property on the east side of Mackenzie and an investigation was started on Saturday.

There is a new sheriff in town – in fact there are two of them. Two newly trained sheriffs have been assigned to the Prince George, according information released by the B.C. government.

There is still time for residents of the bowl area of the city to take advantage of free spaying or neutering for their cats -but only until the end of August.