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Local men bring Nazi propaganda bookletinto focus

A Prince Rupert man has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for viewing child pornography while at a friend's home in Prince George. Jordan Richard Leask, 34, will serve the term intermittently on non-working days.

Prince George RCMP are investigating the city's third home invasion of the year. Shortly before 1:30 Wednesday morning, police responded to a report of a robbery at a home in the 2100 block of Upland Street the previous night.

The first seedling from the Carbon Offset Aggregate Cooperative was planted Tuesday at the Railway and Forestry Museum in Prince George. More than seven billion trees have been planted in B.C.

Local representatives put improving safety on the Fraser River and boosting new entrepreneurs on the agenda during the B.C. Chamber of Commerce's annual general meeting this past weekend in Nanaimo.

The Canadian Cancer Society's largest fundraiser had its best year ever in Prince George. The 2013 Relay for Life - Canada's only 24-hour relay - has raised $520,000 to date, breaking the 2008 fundraising record of $514,000.

At the 625-day mark, the 2015 Canada Winter Games added another major community sponsor.

Barkerville Historic Town is off to a historic start. The national heritage sight south of Prince George and east of Quesnel always kicks off its annual tourist season over the May long weekend.

A Prince George man will remain behind bars after an appeal of his second degree murder conviction was dismissed this week.

Anderson was forced to prove her native heritage