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On a warm, sunny afternoon Fort George Park is filled with the sound of children playing, laughter, music and the twitter of birds -sounds some children will never hear. The Northern B.C.

A motorcyclist is in hospital after a head-on collision with a small car on Tyner Boulevard Sunday afternoon. The crash happened at approximately 1 p.m.

The Prince George Automobile Dealers Association kicked off the annual Mega Sale on Friday with a fireworks display sponsored by the Citizen. Cars, trucks, SUVs and more will be on display at the CN Centre parking lot until June 4.

The Citizen is pleased to welcome the paper's newest reporter, Ashley MacDonald. Among MacDonald's coverage will be community-related features, seniors news and features and outdoor recreation. She's also passionate about music and the arts.

An environmental incident on Highway 16 had Vanderhoof RCMP doing some slick work to clean up the mess. Vanderhoof RCMP Cpl. Darin Underhill said it happened May 19 between the hours of 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Mary Kordyban thanked the provincial government for a contribution of $2 million to Prince George's cancer lodge, and she thanked local MLAs Pat Bell and Shirley Bond for keeping a secret for the past six years.

An "outdoor classroom" is the top prize a household paper products producer is offering the schools in a contest announced Friday.

The leaders of British Columbia's police forces are meeting in Prince George this spring. The province's police chiefs association holds three meetings a year, and in June they will conduct one of them in B.C.'s northern capital.

The Oil Sands Developers Group added its voice Thursday to the argument that Canada as a whole will benefit from exporting crude from the Alberta oil sands to Asia. Enbridge, which has proposed the $5.

The case of the hot-tub shooting is now closed. Last week, conservation officers were called to a site on Lynx Lake Road where a pair of hot tubs had been set up for target practice in an area commonly used as an unofficial shooting range.