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A proposed change to the Official Community Plan had city councillors at odds with each other - and city staff - about how to promote development downtown.

Science World British Columbia is hosting a workshop next month for non-teaching adults looking to encourage kids to become more enthusiastic about science. Set for Tuesday, May 5, 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Anyone looking for bombshells, bluster, or even electoral emotion walked away empty from the all-candidates forum for Prince George-Peace River.

A full-fledged doctor has been added to the clinic at College of New Caledonia. Dr. Heather Smith is seeing patients every Thursday between 1 and 4 p.m. She joins nurse practitioner Sherry Preston who has been at CNC since August, 2009.

A Burns Lake teen who has had trouble securing a family doctor in her home town will be able to see one in Fraser Lake after all.

It's full steam ahead for the Fort George Park train after council approved - by a margin of one vote - to cover start-up costs for this year. The 99-year-old, small-gauge steam train has been a part of summer at Fort George Park since the 1970s.

Police in Quesnel believe they have busted one of northern B.C.'s drug trading headquarters.

Progress is being made on easing the Burns Lake doctor shortage.

A man is under arrest for allegedly assaulting a local woman and holding her against her will. Police say they found the woman after they forced their way into a residence in the 1800 block of Queensway on Sunday.

The first all-candidates forum for Cariboo-Prince George was largely a polite affair on Monday night, with only a few flashes of political fireworks. The event was actually more notable for the levity provided by the Rhinoceros candidate.