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Property taxes on the average home in Prince George will rise $85 this year. On Monday city council unanimously approved the tax rate for 2011. For an average single-family home valued at $233,050, city property taxes will increase by $85 to $1,778.

A teenaged girl is back with her family and a person of interest in a sex assault case has met with investigators. Both of these outcomes followed only a few hours after Prince George RCMP made public appeals about these people.

All of the applicants who applied for standing before the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry will be given an opportunity to participate in the evidentiary hearings, including the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council -- although in a limited capacity.

Premier Christy Clark and Environment Minister Terry Lake launched B.C. Parks centennial celebrations today by announcing that parking will now be free in all provincial parks to encourage families to take advantage of our world-class parks system.

A big fire was followed by small parcels of information, the day after two Prince George businesses were gutted.

Canfor Pulp Products continued its continued profit run, posting a net income of $50.7 million in the first three months of this year.

TORONTO - Michael Ignatieff, the professorial leader of a decimated Liberal party, is ending his tenure in politics after steering the party to a devastating electoral defeat.

A director of cargo development has been hired, Prince George Airport Authority announced today.

Leadercast seminar set for Civic Centre Friday

Whether they're bandaging scraped knees or teaching children their ABCs, childcare providers are important people in children's lives.