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The Canadian Cancer Society is urging residents to get their homes tested for radon gas. The cancer-causing colourless, odourless gas is known to exist in the region, especially in homes close to the Nechako River.

The Prince George Chamber of Commerce is continuing its push to increase enforcement of the city's current parking rules rather than introduce pay parking downtown in the lead up to Monday night's council debate on the issue.

With northern B.C.'s resource economy booming, more and more people are finding themselves working and temporarily living on camp sites. Maintaining a fitness regime while away from the comforts of home can be difficult, but YMCA of Northern B.C.

Charges against a father and son have been approved this week following a pre-Christmas raid on a Pilot Mountain Road property that yielded a seizure of $1.5 million worth of marijuana.

The mother of a man killed in the parking lot of a Prince George fast food restaurant nearly nine years ago is demanding the city pay for the damages she recently found to his headstone at the municipal cemetery.

After turning down the proposal three years ago, municipal politicians approved a resolution Thursday to have their terms in office extended to four years from the current three.

Municipal politicians endorsed a report Wednesday that calls on local governments to help grow the province's economy and then share in the gains.

For the past seven years, the definitive website devoted to the Highway of Tears has been run by a single person. Tony Romeyn has been the volunteer host of highwayoftears.ca since he launched it in 2007.

With a search about to begin for a new B.C. NDP leader, Prince George-Valemount provincial council delegate Sherry Ogasawara hopes Adrian Dix's legacy will be the positive tone the party used in the last election campaign.

The Northern Explorer Outdoor Adventure Show is at CN Centre on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.