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The public is being asked to stay away from the corner of Fifth and Moffatt where police have a house surrounded this morning. Prince George RCMP declined to provide further details for the time being.

Northern Health provided a limited response this week to a BC Coroners Service report on the death of a woman who committed suicide shortly after she was released from the psychiatric ward at the University Hospital of the North.

An approved increase to the city manager's budget will allow for the hiring of communications staff.

The province came to Prince George on Friday to see Otway in action. Prince George's nordic ski centre has been operational for decades, for both cross-country and biathlon disciplines.

The new Purolator headquarters in Prince George is supposed to have the bugs all worked out of its systems by now, but the next few weeks will test it to the limit.

Local kids are dancing for mercy and medicine. The Grade 1 students at Vanway elementary school and their Grade 4 buddies are kicking their heels up with a dance-a-thon next week, raising money for the Mercy Ships initiative.

Nurses from across northern B.C. took to the streets in Prince George on Friday afternoon to protest changes made to staffing levels on Vancouver Island. Members of the B.C.

In October 2011, staff at four Vancouver hospitals began offering HIV tests to patients upon admission when other blood work was being ordered. Dr.

Starting Monday, all patients 14 years old and older admitted to the University Hospital of Northern B.C. will be offered a routine HIV test as part of their admission blood work.

The Joint Review Panel examining the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline will offer its report within the next month, but Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen believes the fix is already in.