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With hot weather and summer holidays rippling through the area, there are leisure-seekers on air mattresses and inner tubes floating merrily down local streams with the Nechako River being the favourite waterway.

The City of Prince George unveiled a program Friday aimed at combating graffiti. The program, Graffiti Free PG, provides the labour and supplies to paint over graffiti on private and business property at no cost.

A ban on open fires has come into effect for the provincial parks, Crown lands and private land outside municipalities in the Prince George Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires.

The average selling price for a single family home hit an unprecedented level over the first half of the year. As of the end of June, they were going for $275,353, according to a B.C.

A former Prince George man found guilty of leading police on a chase in a stolen pickup truck loaded with stolen industrial equipment 20 months ago will have to wait a few more weeks before knowing what his sentence will be.

The number of people employed in Prince George rose back above the 50,000 mark last month, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey results released Friday.

The Prince George RCMP will be offering one last public tour of its new home on Saturday. The tours run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Until the air advisory is lifted there's free transit for Prince George residents from the city's Free Fare for Clean Air program.

A former Prince George woman is at the centre of a class action lawsuit over whether her lender was entitled to charge customers a penalty for paying off their mortgage early. In certifying the action against CIBC Mortgage Inc., B.C.

Regional district directors approved a new tax line for Willow River-area residents Thursday. A June referendum indicated nearly 76 per cent support for the service that will allow for up to $15,000 per year to be collected through taxation.