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A 25-year-old man who went on a two-day crime spree in the Fraser Lake-Vanderhoof area that included shooting at police has been declared a dangerous offender.

Camping out on the weekend is a common summertime activity for those who love the great outdoors. Add rooftop to the phrase camp out, throw in the date - March 9 to 11 - and it becomes a whole other thing.

Another mill fire has erupted in Burns Lake. It happened Tuesday at Decker Lake Forest Products (DLFP) the second most important mill in the wood-dependent town west of Prince George.

Mayor Shari Green says a series of behind-the-scenes events have raised concern that Tim McEwan may have been "double dipping" by accepting severance from Initiatives Prince George at the same time he had already been named head of the province's maj

Northern B.C. now has a voice in the B.C. School Trustees Association boardroom. School District 57 trustee Trish Bella beat out seven other candidates in a byelection held two weekends ago in Vancouver.

A single-vehicle incident in the Quesnel area ended in a fatality Monday. It was not the crash that caused the victim to die, police said, but rather the other way around.

Citizen staff photo STRIKE PARADE -- On the third day of their legal strike, hundreds of teachers marched up and down 15th Avenue in a show of solidarity to protest pending government legislation written to force a settlement in their six-month old c

If the government offers any financial incentives that result in increases to teachers, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon has stated it would trigger clauses that would force the government to reopen other public sector contracts.

The representative of an environmental advocacy group is questioning the level of copper found in the biosolids produced at the city's Lansdowne sewage plant, saying the number makes it unsafe for application to area farmland.

A Prince George man is now among those facing charges stemming from the Stanley Cup riot last spring. Christian John Dougherty, 19, has been charged with participating in a riot and mischief over $5,000. Crown prosecutors approved the charges on Feb.