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Start the countdown, the 2015 Canada Winter Games opening ceremonies will be happening in Prince George three years from Sunday.

Heather Kress made the Simon Fraser Lodge a better place for seniors.

Productivity depends on innovation and innovation depends on leadership - and Canada is woefully lacking in that department, a former high-ranking federal civil servant told University of Northern British Columbia students Friday.

Daniel Lee Gerow has been sentenced to 344 days in jail for his part in a series of Jan. 15 property crimes in which police were able to track the culprits by following their tracks in the snow.

The Prince George RCMP is seeking the public's help in locating a variety of people who are wanted on British Columbia-wide warrants. Valerie Alysha Lattie, 25, is wanted for possessing a controlled substance.

The fire at a McCullagh Avenue duplex on Saturday has been deemed a case of arson. However, authorities stressed the crime has nothing to do with a fire three weeks ago inside the same building.

After 20 years of involvement with local charities, a local business owner is trying to get others to see giving in a different light.

For the second-straight year, the Northern Health Authority has missed its provincially-imposed surgical waiting-time targets, designed as hospital incentives to provide better patient access to hip- and knee-replacement and cataract surgeries.

Becoming a transportation hub has been a Prince George ambition for years. CN Rail's intermodal facility along First Avenue is a big indicator the goal is being met.

Outgoing Initiatives Prince George (IPG) CEO Tim McEwan was likely given severance pay, according to Mayor Shari Green. However the arm's length economic development corporation is refusing to say how much.