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Sometimes it's good to stand out as special. But for those who are working to combat HIV and AIDS in the region's aboriginal population, they'd rather blend in.

Forget Occupy Wall Street.

Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline simply poses too great a risk to the environment for the project to go ahead, environmental groups argued in releasing a report Tuesday outlining their concerns.

Since the current job action started in September, teachers in School District 57 have withheld several nonessential services, including: Refusal to prepare student report cards except for Grade 12 marks when students complete courses.

With 41,000 teachers from 60 school districts all working without a contract, and no end to stalled negotiations in sight, it's no wonder Prince George District Teachers Association president Matt Pearce is thinking back to the old days when each dis

Christmas will have a new meaning this year for Nadine and Mike Booth.

The campaign to help people who lost their homes in the Victoria Towers fire last month has put a strain on the Salvation Army's kettle donation drive.

At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 30, members of the Prince George RCMP's drug section in conjunction with the crime reduction team, obtained and executed a search warrant on a residence in the 100 block of Victoria Street.

An ounce of heroin and a nine-millimetre Berretta handgun were among the items seized and a "known gang member" was arrested late Thursday night when Prince George RCMP raided a 100 block Victoria Street home.

A Crown prosecutor cast doubt Wednesday on an accused murderer's assertion he lied to an undercover police officer when he claimed to have shot to death Peter John Letendre nearly seven years ago.