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With summer on its way, British Columbians are not the only ones getting ready for the warm weather.

If city council wants to go forward with an idea to add stairs to the top of Connaught Hill, they could have to budget for more than $600,000.

An outdated bylaw could have potentially cost local business owners their livelihoods, according to a representative for a local metal dealer. A letter to city council from a lawyer representing Allens Scrap and Salvage Ltd.

A cigarette butt tossed into dry grass was blamed for the fire Sunday that destroyed a shop in the 10000 block of Old Cariboo Highway on Sunday afternoon. More than 30 volunteer firefighters were called to the scene at about 3 p.m.

On Tabor Mountain, not far from the many residences around Tabor Lake, is an environmental sore spot for the people of the area. Although it is not a garbage dump, it has become a dumping ground.

The city won't be writing cheques just yet to refund those who already paid the controversial business licence fee for residential rentals.

Prince George and District Teachers Association president Tina Cousins is not expecting the local school district to issue layoff notices on the scale seen in at least one Lower Mainland school district but is bracing for fallout from an expected bud

Foreign plant species are the target of a $295,000 provincial grant to a locally based organization. The Northwest Invasive Plant Council is one of 29 groups across the province to share a $1.

Artists looking to have their work passed out to VIPs during the 2015 Canada Winter Games now have until May 19 to get involved.

Kristin Houghtaling got a diamond ring as an early Mother's Day present on Saturday. She only had to battle 14 other people and giant cake for it.