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A Vanderhoof teacher wants to be the Conservative candidate in Cariboo-Prince George when the next federal election is called.

Bill Glasgow, business coordinator at the Salvation Army, Sonya Hunt, general manager of Pine Centre Mall, stand with Cameron Thun who donated $10,000 to the Salvation Army's Back to School back pack program to help children in need.

Prince George RCMP are hoping that by putting in for more officers on paper, they'll be able to staff the local detachment to its current budgeted level.

The rules surrounding how secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers will get some closer scrutiny.

The B.C. RCMP's Highway of Tears investigation has become a budget-cutting casualty. Also known as Project E-Pana, the effort will lose six investigators as a result of a $1.4-million reduction in spending on the major crimes section, the B.C.

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.