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Erratic driving witnesses sought In shooting investigation

The Prince George RCMP are asking anyone who may have seen a suspicious vehicle or erratic driving in the vicinity and about the time of last week's daytime shooting to step forward.

Fireworks return for Canada Day

The night sky will light up again for Canada during the city's official July 1 celebrations.

Matters to be remembered

The family of Greg Matters will hold a funeral on Friday to honour his life. Matters was killed Sept. 10 after a 30-hour standoff with RCMP in Pineview.

Judge accuses police of shoddy investigation

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Glen Parrett continued to take police to task Tuesday for a "less than ideal investigation" as he found Patrick Mathewsie not guilty of manslaughter in the July 2010 death of Sylvain Victor Roy.

Plastic wrap and sweets don't belong in sex ed class, parent says

A sex education class in McBride last week has one mother upset about the content of the course and how the information is presented.

Daughter faces cross examination in stepfather's sex abuse trial

The youngest of two women alleging years of sexual abuse at the hands of their stepfather told the court Tuesday she simply never felt safe enough to tell anyone until she broke the news to her mother nearly a year after she had left the home.

Vanderhoof hunter survives grizzly attack

Conrad Boyes owes his life to his semi-automatic rifle. He used it to fire off two quick .30-calibre rounds that hit a charging grizzly bear at close range, fatally wounding the animal, but not before it mauled him.

Alternate report cards on order

A pilot project to develop a secondary alternate report card was presented and approved by School District 57 trustees at Tuesday's public board meeting.
Investigations have to carry on

Investigations have to carry on

Bobby Jack Fowler killed Colleen MacMillen in 1974, but all other victims in the Highway of Tears investigation are still open questions.
Sister hopes break in one case could mean answers coming in others

Sister hopes break in one case could mean answers coming in others

Brenda Wilson is both hoping for a resolution to her sister's unsolved murder and fearful of what that resolution might mean.