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Christy Hirt is looking forward to distribution day, the day she will see dreams come true for a couple hundred young ladies graduating high school this year.

Yet another player has walked away from the Prince George Cougars. Daulton Siwak, a 19-year-old forward who is fifth in team scoring, informed Cougars general manager Dallas Thompson on Sunday night he was leaving.

More 600 drivers were taken off Prince George area roads during 2012 because they had too much to drink or were on drugs. Totals from previous years were not provided, but the number, released Tuesday, is down according to Prince George RCMP.

Swan hunters are wedging themselves into the Crooked River area this Sunday, carrying notepads and cameras instead of guns.

A man who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant has been found. Larry Eugene Calver, 65, who had not been seen since Jan. 3, was located at an apartment on Redwood St., the same day Prince George RCMP issued an alert.

Changes to the Official Community Plan are up for debate as the new application for a women's recovery centre is being considered by mayor and council. Beginning at 7 p.m. on Jan.

A 43-year-old Penticton man died Monday when his pickup truck collided with a logging truck on the Finlay forest service road north of Mackenzie. The collision occurred at about 1 p.m.

The 2015 Canada Winter Games will be a game changer for Prince George and northern B.C., said the host society, and they have less than 765 days to get prepared.

One of Canada's most prominent politicians is coming to Prince George. Justin Trudeau would like to become much more prominent by becoming the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Canadian Heritage and Official Languages Minister James Moore will return to the town of his alma mater Jan. 24 to talk money. Moore, a University of Northern B.C.