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The association Advocating for Women And Children's executive director, Diane Nakamura, is hoping for a repeat of the Christmas cheer delivered last year.

Mediation has failed to produce an agreement between the city and their unionized employees. Contract talks with Canadian Union of Public Employees locals 1048 and 399 broke off Monday after enlisting the help of mediator Vince Ready.

The provincial government won't begin to negotiate directly with oil pipeline proponents surrounding possible economic benefits until other safety and social conditions are met.

Prince George Sports Hall of Fame member Boyd Bayne, best known in Prince George for his coaching in boxing, is mobile again after a nasty Halloween trick. His truck was stolen on Oct.

A career presentation is scheduled for anyone interested in becoming a dispatcher fielding 911 calls and processing police requests at the North District Operational Communications Centre. It's set for Sat., Nov. 16, 9 a.m.

The Liquor Control and Licensing Branch declined to say Tuesday which licenced establishment in Prince George is being accused of over-serving in relation to a 35-year-old man who suffered a spinal cord injury after rolling his vehicle last week.

The Small Town Love campaign is ringing up a strong start. The "shop local" program created by Quesnel entrepreneur Amy Quarry was a hit in the Cariboo city, with 50 businesses there signing on for the first version.

Seeing a toddler in a near catatonic state standing in the middle of her unheated one-room house at about 25 below was enough to spur action into the heart of Julie Veloo, a former Prince George resident now living in Mongolia.

Taseko is asking federal Environmental Minister Leona Aglukkaq to disregard some aspects of an environmental assessment for its proposed New Prosperity copper and gold mine because the company believes it was incorrectly tabulated.

Kelowna has reclaimed the Interior Drive for Life title from Prince George. But on the bright side, more than 300 new donors were signed up between the two communities during the eight-week campaign, put on each year by Canadian Blood Services.