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Polls have closed in the 2011 Prince George municipal election. The latest information available from the city indicated 10,187 voters cast their ballot in the election, down from 11,262 in 2008. General voting ran from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Prince George RCMP's latest drug bust highlights the growing popularity of pills, and the cross-generational aspect of the illicit material as well.

For the past 17 years, more than 10,000 winter coats have been given away in Prince George to people in need through the annual Coats For Kids campaign.

Cariboo-Prince George MP Dick Harris was the House of Common's second biggest spender, according to an expenditures by members report released this week.

Physiotherapy students who begin their training at UBC will have the chance to finish off their two-year programs in Prince George.

Seven spots on the School District 57 board of trustees are up for grabs. With 15 of 41 polls reporting, these are the preliminary results for school board trustee as of 9:05 p.m.

Three of four races in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George municipal election have been decided. In Electoral Area A, incumbent director Warren Wilson defeated Nancy Harris to get a second term in office.

1. What is your age and occupation? Do you have children in School District 57? If so, what are their ages and what school(s) do they attend? I'm 41, a mother of two children, a girl in Grade 2 at Ecole College Heights and a boy in preschool.

Outgoing regional district director Bob Headrick received a standing ovation from colleagues past and present at his final board meeting on Thursday.

A Prince George modeling agency made a splash in Vancouver earlier this month. Not only was Jana Phillips Agency named the "directors choice" at the Faces West International Model and Talent Convention, Nov.