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Prince George is setting up to be a centre for cancer treatment, but also cancer research and education. The BC Cancer Agency Centre For the North (CCFN) is slated to open 14 months from now. The B.C.

Another theft of metal has occurred in Prince George. This time, a business on Queensway was targeted and unlike past similar cases the material was not copper.

A bottle of pop was all it took for a thief to smash the window of a car, during a recent rash of vehicle break-ins. The soda was the only thing taken from a Toyota Echo parked in the 6000 block of Amar Crescent.

The Terry Fox Run may still be six weeks away, but Liza Arnold is already working to get the word out. Arnold, a run volunteer, has been busy encouraging people to visit the run's website, terryfoxrun.

The vehicle used to smash into a security car then flee the neighbourhood it was stolen from has been recovered by police. The incident happened at almost 2 a.m.

Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen says the federal New Democrats remain "resolute" in the face of news that leader Jack Layton has been diagnosed with another form of cancer and is taking a temporary leave of absence to fight it.

No. 5 has been apprehended, leaving no more suspects on the Prince George Most Wanted list. On March 15, the Prince George RCMP released a list of five people with outstanding warrants that, in their view, were key to important recent cases.

The two police officers tasked with leading the Prince George RCMP detachment have a combined service level of little more than a month in this city. Although top cop Supt. Eric Stubbs and second in command Insp.

A fire at PG Sawmill did about $25,000 damage and got into the walls of the planer building before it could be extinguished.

Attorney General Barry Penner is making no promises about the possibility of appointing even more provincial court judges following the weekend's announcement that five new names have been added to the list.