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A "vote mob" will be held at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) on Wednesday to encourage youth people to cast ballots in the federal election. Set for 12:15 p.m.

After working in Prince George for more than a year, a pest control service technician has a warning about tiny critters that can turn your life into a nightmare. "Bed bug activity is on the increase in this region," said Shawn Yost.

Intelligence isn't all about getting good grades and winning game shows.

RCMP used a stun gun to subdue an 11-year-old boy after a stabbing on Thursday evening. Police say they shocked the child, who was the suspect in the attack, after he emerged from a home.

Dr. Georg Witschel, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa, is the only ambassador ever to visit Prince George in an official capacity.

At 5.8 per cent, the city's unemployment rate has dipped so low it's creating something of an alarm bell in its own right - albeit one many communities would love to have.

Heidi Redl, the Green Party candidate in Cariboo-Prince George, describes herself as a cattle rancher first and foremost.

Local Liberal Party candidate Ben Levine is raising concerns after his campaign was kicked off the property of two local businesses last weekend.

Slightly more than two weeks after escaping conviction on a separate incident, a Prince George man with ties to organized crime was sentenced this week to five months in jail for trafficking and firearms-related offences.

The Prince George Metis Housing Society is selling another two of its houses, with a price tag of nearly $380,000, The Citizen has learned. Last year, the housing society made a similar move, selling a pair of its houses in College Heights.