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Willow River school proposal advances a tentative step

The Willow River-Giscome area may be gaining traction in a proposed schooling initiative, but the school board heard about some unknown delays Tuesday night.
PG thieves target pick-up trucks

PG thieves target pick-up trucks

Prince George auto thieves have been really truckin' lately. Police have been following a wave of incidents concentrated on Ford or Dodge pickups.

Legal ruling has little influence on P.G. classrooms

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HST panel report to be delayed until early May

The B.C. government is extending to May the reporting of a harmonized sales tax panel on the implications of keeping the tax or returning to the provincial sales tax.

Campaign trail promises ramp up

Federal election campaigning continued Thursday with an NDP promise to eliminate an estimated $2 billion in government subsidies to the oil sands, and put the money toward clean energy.
Vespa winner predicted contest outcome

Vespa winner predicted contest outcome

Elaine McInnes knew she was going to win the Vespa scooter during the Thanks a Million contest finale presented by the Prince George Citizen and Wood Wheaton Supercentre.

DBIA caught in board brouhaha

The Downtown Business Improvement Association will have to deal with questions about financial transparency and the fallout from mass resignations when its twelve new board members meet for the first time next week.

Highway 16 East remains at single lane alternating

Highway 16 east of Slim Creek remained at single lane alternating traffic with pilot cars on Friday morning following Tuesday night's crash and fire of a propane truck.

Allard sentenced for downtown sexual assault

A Prince George man was sentenced to 23 months in jail for sexually assaulting and choking a woman in a alleyway following a night at a downtown bar. Kelsey Alexander Allard, 28, was handed the sentence Friday by B.C.

Meerholz set free but still faces deportation

Alleged Prince George gangster Francois (Frankie) Meerholz was released from detention by an Immigration Refugee Board (IRB) adjudicator on Thursday but his days in Canada appear to remain numbered.