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Rio Tinto Alcan's smelter is more than 600 kms from Prince George, at the headwaters of the Nechako River, but like the river itself there are benefits flowing all the way to Prince George. According to RTA's Paul Henning, their vice-president of B.

For Brianna Fredericks and her unborn child, Saturday's Chilli Blanket rally in front of the Prince George courthouse offered short-term comfort and long-term relief to ward off the cold of winter.

What started as a response to an erratic driver ended with the seizure by Prince George RCMP of an extensive number of firearms and a large amount of marijuana and magic mushrooms from a Beaverly-area home over the weekend.

A Prince George man with a history of similar episodes has been sentenced for using a stolen vehicle to ram several cars - two of them RCMP cruisers - about a year ago.

Two Lower Mainland men have been sentenced to two years less a day of house arrest for their roles in running the largest marijuana grow operation police have uncovered in Vanderhoof's history.

A $5,000 donation by TD Waterhouse will allow the Child Development Centre to continue to run its specialized programs without increase costs to users.

A trio of Prince George RCMP members have been formally acknowledged for successfully talking a suicidal person off the John Hart Bridge nearlytwo years ago. On Dec. 21, 2010, Cpl. Todd Wilson, Cst. Lee Bellamy and Cst.

Six B.C. Corrections staff based in Prince George have received long service bars from the province's Lieutenant Governor .

Community Policing coordinator Linda Parker is among the first to dispute assertions that Prince George is "Canada's most dangerous city," but that doesn't mean she won't welcome volunteers to help out with various crime reduction initiatives.

The region's highly publicized skills shortage is, according to government and industry, holding back economic growth in northern B.C.