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After a false start due to weather, the annual swan and eagle count tallied up Saturday in the Crooked River area. Originally scheduled for Jan. 12, the P.G. Naturalists Club postponed the event following menacing skies.

A new crosswalk along 15th Avenue would be too costly, according to city staff.

Environment Canada has issued a warning for freezing rain in the Prince George area this afternoon and evening. "An approaching Pacific frontal system is spreading moisture over Central Interior this afternoon.

A 28-year-old Alberta man has been identified as the person who died in the avalanche near Valemount over the weekend, the B.C. Coroners Service said Monday.

If economic recovery can be gauged by the conference industry, Prince George is having boom times.

One man is dead following an Saturday afternoon avalanche near Valemount. The slide was triggered at Goat Ridge in the Clemina Creek area, about 30 kilometres south of the village off Highway 5. Shortly after 12:30 p.m.

Prince George and northern B.C. travellers will soon be able to reach Calgary on a non-stop flight. On April 27, WestJet will begin offering a daily flight to Calgary from Prince George Airport on a 119-seat Boeing 737-600 jet.

Plans are moving forward for a new retail plaza along Highway 16. Development permits haven't been handed out yet, but concepts and ideas have been unveiled for a shopping centre next to the Sandman Signature hotel.

A local water bottling operation cleared another milestone with the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George board giving them to go-ahead.

We asked you to provide us with your best, most clever or silliest caption to go with the photo above, and after we stopped laughing at the photo we came up with the winners for this week's What's The Caption contest.