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The provincial government says it will implement an an alternate distribution plan to ensure social assistance cheques are delivered on time if the Canada Post lock-out continues past midday Friday.

The Peace River region is receiving $32.2 million, the latest instalment of the FairShare program, meant to address infrastructure priorities in the area, the province announced Thursday. "This funding is critical to the well-being of one of B.C.

A missing man has been located. He is safe and in good health. As was previously reported in The Citizen, Greywold Ildzi went missing in late April from the Quesnel area.

Each year Variety gives much-needed funding to children and their families throughout the province through individual grants and the Emergency Response Fund.

A new district parent advisory executive is in place for the 2011-12 school year. Don Sabo was returned as chairperson.

The City of Prince George 2011 Capital Road Rehabilitation Program will continue next week.

After a slow beginning to 2011, starts on new homes in and around Prince George edged closer to last year's total, according to recently-released Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Paving crews will be out working on four City projects over the next two weeks. The effort will start with the northbound lanes between Fifth and 15th Avenues, starting this Monday and continuing through to Friday. The project's length is 2.

The average price of a single-family home sold in Northern B.C. varied only slightly from the level seen a year earlier according to numbers from the B.C. Real Estate Association. Homes in the region sold for an average $228,513 in May which was 0.

Police in Prince George are once again mounted. Five members of the Downtown Enforcement Unit (DTEU) have saddled up on mountain bikes to patrol the city core, augmenting the cruisers that will also be out and about. The DTEU's commander, Cpl.