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An information session for people interested in running for school board will be held tonight.

Incumbent school board trustee Sharel Warrington sees an "exciting" next few years for public education in Prince George and wants to be a part of it. First elected to the board in 2005, Warrington is seeking a third term on the board.

The identities have been released of two suspects alleged to have rammed police during a pursuit on Blackwater Road last week. Police are also now disclosing that there was gunfire discharged by one of the Mounties involved.

Two people are confirmed dead from a violent vehicle incident between Prince George and Vanderhoof. The crash involved two logging trucks plus two passenger vehicles. There was fire involved and at least one person trapped. Details are sparse.

A bear came calling at a home on Sadler Drive on Tuesday evening. It was about 8:45 p.m. when the black bear knocked on the patio door, and seeing that it was a bear, nobody felt confident in refusing the request. According to police spokesman Cpl.

Prince George and District Teachers Association president Matt Pearce used pairs of shoes Tuesday night to give school board trustees a visual idea of the impact the 2002 stripping of teachers' ability to negotiate class size and composition has had

A dementia specialist and geriatric physician is quitting Prince George out of frustration over cuts to his department. The director of the geriatric assessment and treatment unit (GATU), Dr.

A nighttime baseball bat attack sent one Prince George man to hospital and have police on the hunt for two males and a female they believe to be responsible. The incident happened just after 10 p.m. Monday in the 2000 block of Central Street East.

mnielsen@pgcitizen.ca The Cancer Centre for the North will not house a piece of diagnostic equipment now considered the industry standard in the United States when it opens late next year, BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) officials confirmed Tuesday.

A representative of the Canadian military gave an update and fielded questions about an effort to convert the now-closed Meadow elementary school into the headquarters for an army reserve unit during a school board meeting Tuesday night.