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The Rivershed Society of B.C. is offering a three-week trip spanning the length of the Fraser River.

One woman was sent to the hospital following a Saturday night attack in a city park. Police responded to a complaint of a violent sexual assault at Lorne Park around 9 p.m.

Two Prince George nurses were honoured recently by the College of Registered Nurses of B.C. LaDonna Fehr received an award of excellence in nursing administration at a ceremony in Vancouver on April 18.

A Prince George man has been sentenced to a 30-day conditional sentence and six months probation for participating in the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver in June 2011.

The public is being urged to be careful around railway tracks in response to an increase in the number of crossing and trespassing accidents across the country.

One man is dead after a single-vehicle crash on Highway 97 North Sunday afternoon. According to the North District RCMP, a black 2006 Ford F350 pickup truck left the road just south of Mitchell Road, about 10 kilometres north of Salmon Valley.

Telus is warning its customers about a sudden and significant increase in the volume of vacation scam calls to B.C. and Alberta residents.

Some are doing better than others, but all of the area's volunteer fire departments are welcoming more recruits, says Fraser-Fort George Regional District fire services co-ordinator Melanie Perrin.

The eventual fate of the proposed Northern Gateway project will likely come down to how decision makers perceive its risk.

Crane operator Jesse Fentie could identify with the high school students lifting loads Friday with his 90-tonne Link Belt machine and its 140-foot boom.