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Downtown Prince George is going to become more cyclist-friendly. On Tuesday, the Rotary Club of Prince George presented the business improvement association with a $22,000 cheque to fund bike rack installations.

The challenge came to put part of the university's ninth annual literary festival, Weaving Words Celebration, into a health care environment. Answering the challenge is the Health Arts Research Centre (HARC) at the University of Northern B.C.

A Prince George lumber company has gone through a standard Forest Practices Board audit and gotten the thumbs up. The FPB audits forest companies and other forest management agencies on a rotational basis all across the province.

Smoke coming from the back of a house in the 5000 block of Heyer Road was reported at about 3 p.m. Tuesday. There were 14 firefighters from three halls who attended.

There was a fire in a basement suite in the 1700 block of Tamarack St. that 15 firefighters and three fire halls responded to shortly before midnight Tuesday.

There will be six fewer recycling locations within the city today.

As the current term enters its last few weeks, members of city council are jostling to squeeze in some final causes to champion. There were three notices of motion included in Monday night's council meeting agenda, all to be discussed during the Oct.

The city is rejigging the landscape of a troublesome park to try and crack down on criminal activity.

Prince George school board chair Sharel Warrington is "very disappointed" the provincial government is asking school districts to return all of the money they saved during the teachers' strike earlier this month.

Sentencing for a Prince George man who has pleaded guilty to hiding a camera in the women's washroom of a local business was adjourned Monday so the court can seek further clarity over matters raised in a psychiatric report.