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Federal Crown counsel has approved charges of trafficking against two people after Prince George RCMP executed a search warrant Wednesday afternoon on a motel room the the 1500 block of Victoria Street.

A Prince George Mountie acted lawfully when he chased after a man in response to reports of someone banging on doors in an apartment building in March, the Independent Investigations Office has concluded.

City hall is taking a Prince George businessman to court, alleging he is contravening the zoning bylaw by storing and repairing logging trucks on residential property.

The internal dispute with the Ts'il Kaz Koh First Nation has now gone to court. The aboriginal government formerly known as the Burns Lake Band has had an ideological split among its three elected councillors.

A flood warning is being maintained for the Fraser River through Prince George, according to the provincial agency responsible for watching the water.

The B.C. Liberals won re-election Tuesday night largely on the strength of their economic plans, which the proponent of the Northern Gateway project believes could bode well for the pipeline.

Barkerville's gates have swung open for the 2013 season. The area's acclaimed living history museum, the largest of its kind in North America, opened its 55th season as a National Historic Site.

The political bug has bitten Nathan Giede. After picking up over five per cent of the vote as a Conservative candidate in Tuesday's provincial election, the 23-year-old from Prince George is already musing about his next political adventure.

The upcoming introduction of a $6 fee to dump small loads at the Foothills dump on July 1 has some residents worried about the consequences.

Ongoing renovations have closed the front parking lot at St. John Hospital in Vanderhoof and moved the Northern Health Connections pickup location. The bus will now pick up patients in the Co-op parking lot in Vanderhoof until further notice.