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Police are investigating a father-son dispute which turned violent Saturday morning. At approximately 11 a.m. police were called to a home in the 100 block of Patterson Street south where two men were fighting outside.

Each year large numbers of kokanee and rainbow trout are released into Horse Lake. Anglers targetting kokanee may find that a few tricks will produce consistently. Kokanee seem to prefer red and silver or pearl colours.

The City's emergency operations centre and the evacuation alerts to residents on the east and west sides of Farrell Street were cancelled Friday. The Fraser River's depth at South Fort George stood at 8.

The BC College of Physicians and Surgeons discourages doctors from prescribing marijuana as medicine, Health Canada has a federal legislation and a national framework that permits it.

Canada Post is appealing to Prince George dog owners to prevent dog bites after a local postal carrier suffered two bites in her first seven months on the job in P.G.

The starting gun will set off the girls in the Run For Fun Program, but there is no sign of the finish line for this youth development initiative.

Half-price green fees at local golf courses. Cut-rate prices on massage therapy and beauty salon manicures. And skookum deals on restaurant meals and gate fees for world-famous tourist attractions.

Anglers can gear up for great fall fishing on Gustafsen Lake. The trout are active and the weather is cooling down, making for a good chance of success. Leeches, black Spratleys and dragonflies are good flies to have on hand.

After a long history of being idle, the only operational narrow gauge steam engine in Canada is back in operation in Fort George Park. The train, nicknamed The Little Prince, took its inaugural run on Canada Day 1978.

Customers should see neither a sudden increase in their electricity bills nor a decline in their health as a result of the installation of so-called smart meters on homes and businesses throughout Prince George, says a B.C. Hydro project officer.