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Prince George Airport will be the site of firefighter training for the next two weeks. The first session began Tuesday and will continue Thursday and Friday and then next Monday and Tuesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

An estimated 300 fewer students are expected next fall in School District 57 schools but only one teacher layoff notice has been issued.

The eighth annual Prince George Variety Children's Radiothon airs on The Wolf 97FM today and Thursday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. The event will raise funds for children in the Prince George area who have special needs and their families.

Today is an official day of protest for the province's 41,000 public school teachers. In Prince George, from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m.

Burns Lake residents have the most to lose in B.C.'s timber supply calculations, since the forestry-dependent community might end up with no major sawmill when the counting of trees is finished.

For the second time in just a few days, a mud slide has struck Highway 16 East.

The '80s shuffle, classic shoulder shrug to the beat and guitar-strum lunge turned from wish to reality Sunday night at CN Centre as rocker John Mellencamp strutted up to the microphone, bringing new songs, trips down a gentle memory lane and rockin'

It may look like a Star Trek biobed, but the technology to offer radiation therapy to cancer patients in Prince George is a reality. Two high-end linear accelerators have been fully installed at the still-under-construction B.C.

The Fraser River's depth at South Fort George could reach a level not seen in 40 years by today, the River Forecast Centre is predicting. In a flood warning issued Monday morning, the Centre said the Fraser should peak at 10.3 to 10.8 metres.

The Prince George Independent Order of Odd Fellows celebrated 100 years with a party on the weekend. The local group began in 1911 but wasn't chartered until 1912.