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Newly installed B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan will make his first stop in Prince George since taking over as head of the party on Wednesday. Horgan has embarked on what is being touted as a "northern jobs mini-tour," making stops in Fort St.

One day Lou Ellerton found the salt and pepper shakers in the microwave. Her husband Jim denied any knowledge of how they got there. Jim asked Lou when's breakfast? He had eaten breakfast half hour earlier.

The Prince George RCMP have not made any conclusions about what happened that led to two deaths early Sunday morning at Kwitzil Lake, said the detachment's media spokesperson Tuesday.

School closures are planned for Prince George next Thursday as B.C. teachers step up job action in their ongoing dispute with the provincial government.

The annual Prince George Regional Heritage Fair was held at the Civic Centre, with each participant having earned their way to the district level by first emerging from an exhibition at their school.

A drive towards a comprehensive strategy to reduce poverty in Prince George will be revived this week after running into some turbulence that saw the whole initiative put on hold for more than a year.

Family members and friends have identified Kendall Moore, 17, and Craig Wood, 19, as the two teens recovered from the Kwitzil Lake Sunday afternoon. At 4 a.m.

About $40,000 worth of damage was left behind after a Sunday night balcony fire. Sixteen fire firefighters from three Prince George Fire Rescue halls responded to the 1900 block of Spruce Street around 10 p.m.

RCMP say the bodies of a male and female have now been recovered from a vehicle that was pulled from Kwitzil Lake Sunday afternoon. Prince George RCMP Cpl. Craig Douglass said just before Sunday at 4 p.m., in partnership with the B.C.

Prince George's Sikh community marked Vaisakhi on Saturday with a celebration of food, music, dance and a demonstration of traditional martial arts.