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Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen is skeptical about a private members bill introduced this week by Cariboo-Prince George Conservative MP Dick Harris to end extended qualifying and benefit periods for convicted criminals seeking Employment I

The city's unemployment rate stood at 6.8 per cent in November, a 0.4-percentage-point decline from the month before, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers released Friday.

This past weekend marked the six-month point since the last sighting of Madison Scott. This week, authorities released a re-enactment video to draw attention and jog memories about the missing 20-year-old Vanderhoof girl.

November brought just enough snow to the Prince George region to get cross-country skiers and snowmobilers out on the trails.

The diesel shortage that has gripped the prairies is starting to be felt in Prince George.

The city's unemployment rate stood at 6.8 per cent in November, a 0.4-percentage-point decline from the month before, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers released Friday.

The B.C. Coroner called for extra care to be taken in the backcountry now that avalanches are a present danger.

Patients are stacking up in Prince George's hospital emergency room because there is a shortage of seniors' care and other social infrastructure.

It'll be lucky seven when Kady Dandeneau takes to the UNBC basketball court tonight when the Timberwolves women line-up against the Vancouver Island Mariners.

A survey of 205 B.C. corrections officers has revealed more than one in four were physically assaulted by an inmate in the past year, and nearly 40 per cent were hit with feces, blood or other bodily fluids.