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A new downtown outdoor market is hoping to open the doors to less-visible multicultural entrepreneurs. Sponsored by Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society and Welcome PG, the first City Hall Market Fair on Aug.

An anonymous local resident has donated $5,000 to help a local woman featured in a story in The Citizen last week. The story provided details about a fundraising event Saturday, Sept.

Prince George RCMP are on the lookout for a man believed responsible for over $8,000 damage to windows at CN Centre. A security camera has captured images of the man shooting out the glass with a pellet gun while riding a bike past the building.

Aboriginal youth in custody at the Prince George Youth Containment Centre are showing a high rate of satisfaction with the programming they're receiving, according to a survey released Tuesday.

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There's too much financial risk involved for the city to sign a contract to provide curbside recycling, council decided yesterday.

Once students head back to school, the Prince George Aquatic Centre will take some time off. The facility will be open on Labour Day between 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. but will be closed for its annual maintenance from Sept. 3 to Sept. 29.

The family of Greg Matters has set up an online account for those interested in donating toward the cost of a lawyer for the coming inquest into the Prince George man's death. The PayPal account can be found at the Justice for Greg page on Facebook.

The cyclists participating in this year's Cops for Cancer Tour de North will be hosting a "jail and bail" fundraiser early next month, prior to starting on the big ride. It's set for Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A team of researchers at UNBC have completed a project opening the door to finding more uses for industrial waste materials. The work aimed to identify the amounts of ash and biosolids that would best enhance northern B.C.