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Two men are facing several charges following a string of early-morning vehicle break-ins in the Pinewood neighbourhood and a struggle between police and a knife-wielding suspect, Prince George RCMP said Tuesday.

A former municipal employee who worked at the Prince George RCMP detachment and took the stand during the trial into whether Coun. Brian Skakun breached provincial privacy legislation has launched a wrongful dismissal suit against the city.

One of the world's largest cargo aircraft is coming to the Prince George Airport. A Russian-made Antonov-124 is scheduled to arrive Friday at 11 a.m. to pick up seven helicopters from three B.C. businesses for a VIH Helicopters Ltd. contract.

One of the region's pulp mills is closing down. Tembec announced Tuesday it was powering down its mill in Chetwynd starting Sept. 16. "The high-yield pulp market has continued to soften over the past year.

The BC Cancer Centre for the North will open soon, but provincial officials aren't quite sure how soon. The project is still considered on time and within its $69.

Forget lines drawn in the sand, the group in charge of adding electoral districts to the province have redrawn the borders to BC's federal riding map.

The federal government announced funding for 16 First Nations initiatives in BC related to alternative energy projects. Six of the projects are based in northern BC, four of them in the general area of Prince George.

More recycling options have come into the regional district. As of July 1, a number of stewardship programs increased the number of products they recycle.

The downturn in molybdenum prices have cost 57 local workers their jobs.

Police are on the lookout for two suspects following an armed robbery of a convenience store on Monday night. A man entered the PG Foods in the 3100 block of 15th Avenue, near Central Street East at about 8:35 p.m.