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Arson and gangs are believed to be behind one of two fires that Prince George firefighters had to hose down. Both were Saturday morning. The one attracting police attention happened at 2637 Quince Street.

Healthcare professionals in B.C. will soon be required to call police whenever they treat a stab or gunshot wound.

Stage show rescheduled due to snow storm

The man and woman arrested following an attempted robbery of the Shell gas station at 5th and Carney made an appearance in Prince George provincial court on Friday. Donald James Currie, 31, will remain in custody pending a bail hearing this week.

A mobile home in the 3700 block of Lansdowne Road suffered extensive damage in an early-morning fire Saturday. Fire fighters and ambulance personnel were called to the scene at about 6 a.m. after fire and smoke were seen coming out of the home.

The owner of 34 husky dogs taken into BC SPCA care in 2007 pled guilty and was sentenced this week to a 10-year ban on owning animals.

A Prince George woman received some good "news", this week, scratching a Set for Life 10th anniversary ticket her husband hid inside a newspaper to reveal three 'Cash for Life' prize boxes.

A home in the 2600 block of Quince Street was the scene of an attempted arson Saturday morning that may be gang related. Police were called to the scene at about 9:30 a.m.

Safire Underwood, the 11-year-old girl who had not been seen since Thursday morning has been located and is safe, RCMP Cpl. Craig Douglass said in a statement issued shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday.

Hospitals and other health care facilities will be required to report gunshot and stab wounds to police effective Feb. 1, when the province's Gunshot and Stab Wound Disclosure Act comes into effect.