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A Prince George man will remain behind bars after the B.C. Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling that found him guilty of charges related to seven-year sexual relationship with a boy he had first encountered while babysitting.

A man is under arrest and a 14-year-old girl recovering from the shock of an alleged abduction attempt in the rural Cariboo. Walter Earl Grinder, 55, has now been charged with kidnapping.

THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - Young female offenders at correctional facilities in Prince George and Victoria will be moved to a unit in Burnaby in an effort to centralize services, says the B.C. government.

With a month to spare, the goal of boosting B.C.'s annual lumber exports to China to 4 billion board feet within three years has been reached, Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell said Wednesday.

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Opatcho Lake is south east of Prince George, roughly 50 km from the city. It is a small lake, but quite deep reaching 77 feet at its maximum.

A Prince George man will remain behind bars after the B.C. Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling that found him guilty of charges related to seven-year sexual relationship with a boy he had first encountered while babysitting.

The "extreme cold weather" is forcing CN Rail to run shorter trains between Jasper and Prince George, the company said in an advisory issued Monday.

The hatchet came down at City Hall today as nine employees were given lay-off notices. The lay-offs are part of a planned City of Prince George restructuring meant to achieve a drastic reduction in budget expenditures.

The City of Prince George laid off nine workers on Tuesday as part of $1.99 million in budget cuts planned for 2012. Four managers and five full-time union employees received pink slips on Tuesday.