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The City of Prince George will not reveal how much it spent on legal costs associated with Coun. Brian Skakun's breach of the Privacy Act.

Prince George RCMP spent late-Friday morning and the early afternoon guiding traffic through Fifth and Central after a tractor trailer knocked over a pole carrying a street light and a traffic light.

Tracy Schwanke, 39, is "currently in grave condition" in Prince George hospital, police said on Thursday. Investigators are calling on anyone in the public to tell them about the local woman's activities and whereabouts earlier this week.

Twenty forestry workers in the Prince George area will receive free skills training, thanks to a $1.5 million provincial initiative.

With $34 billion worth of projects likely to be pursued in northern B.C. over the coming decade, there will be a major need for skilled labour, Industry Training Authority chief executive officer Kevin Evans warned Thursday.

The Northern Health Authority confirmed there was a case of Legionnaires' disease identified in a Prince George woman two months ago.

When Diane Vanderwiel found a "little ball of yellow fluff" and an eagle circling above while driving along a road near Fort St.

Inspections of hotels in Valemount have uncovered no sources of Legionnaires' disease, Northern Health said Friday.

Traffic at the busy intersection of 5th Avenue and Central Street is being diverted while police attend to downed street lights. Late this morning, an accident ended with a vehicle plowing into the traffic lights and dislodging one of the standards.

A man who spent most of the past 19 years living in Alberta is probably regretting a return to Prince George this week after he was arrested on a drunk driving charge dating back to 1993.