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Three years after their son Darren died serving his country in Afghanistan, Jim and Colleen Fitzpatrick were the first to lay a wreath on Monday morning during Remembrance Day ceremonies at the cenotaph.

For days Jacki Collyer and her siblings have been waiting by the phone, desperate to hear word from their father Jean-Marc Samycia who is vacationing in the Philippines.

Members of the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union in Prince George will soon have some new digs. The union is planning to begin construction on a new three-story office in May and expect it will be ready for occupancy in July 2015.

A fire in a detached garage on the 2900 block of Charella Drive caused an estimated $30,000 in damage on Sunday morning. Fifteen firefighters from three halls responded to the call just after 8 a.m.

Paramedics in Prince George will be turning on their lights and sirens less often under new regulations authorized by the B.C. Ambulance Service, but the agency insists patient care won't be compromised. The changes to the B.C.

Selen Alpay, Darrell Hubbell and Bob Redden have all joined the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation board of directors.

With the help of a plastic-lined containment pond, the city is in the process of removing about a dozen years of sediment near the corner of Highway 97 North and Hoferkamp Road.

A Prince George man was sentenced Thursday to an 18-month conditional sentence and three years probation after pleading guilty earlier this year to common assault against six of his eight children.

The city's unemployment rate declined to 5.8 per cent in October from 6.6 per cent the month before, according to Statistics Canada market survey numbers released Friday.

Mark Anthony Stewart was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 18 months probation in Prince George provincial court on Wednesday for possession of stolen property over $5,000 in relation to a stolen car that turned up in Alberta.