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No charges will be laid for the Victoria Towers fire because there was little likelihood of conviction, according to the B.C. Crown.

The federal Conservatives will limit joint panel environmental reviews to two years and the rule will be applied to Enbridge's controversial Northern Gateway pipeline proposal currently in the middle of the process.

The pilot killed in an Alberta helicopter crash has been identified as a Prince George man. Matthew Goodine, 28, was confirmed as the pilot who succumbed to his injuries after a Bell 260 helicopter went down on Grotto Mountain near Canmore.

For the next three months, 12 young people from around the country will be making their mark on Prince George. The current crop of volunteers arrived this week from their previous posting in Midland, Ont.

The Prince George RCMP responded to a robbery at a Hart liquor store Friday night. According to reports, a man armed with a baseball bat entered Shooters Liquor Store on Monterey Road and smashed some bottles with the weapon. More details to follow.

Mayor Shari Green's new executive assistant, Beverly Smith, says there was nothing unusual about the process which led to her getting the position. Smith begins her position in the mayor's office in April.

The B.C. Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation has announced that JobFest, a touring rock n' roll-themed job fair and exhibition, will be coming to 25 northern communities this spring, arriving in Prince George on May 24.

When it comes to getting students to school on time, School District 57 is leaving the driving to its existing contractor. The district has awarded a new eight-year busing contract that expires June 30, 2020 to Diversified Transportation Ltd.

A New Brunswick man has been sentenced to four months in jail two weeks after police found firearms in the car he was driving following an attempt to evade a routine traffic check that ended up with the vehicle crashed into a snowbank.

Prince George city crews were busy removing snow from Frontage Road, along the Hart Highway, to Foothills Boulevard on Thursday.