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The Canadian Cancer Society is asking the City of Prince George to ban the use of pesticides on lawns and gardens at Monday's council meeting, citing serious health risks associated with the chemicals.

Joan Curtain blew out the candles on her 100th birthday cake on Sunday. Curtain was born Emma Edith Townsend on April 20, 1911, in Weyburn, Sask. She grew up in the town of Ogema, Sask. - which was founded in 1912.

A major drug bust has disrupted the region's cocaine trade and, say police, put some of the north's alleged cocaine traders in handcuffs.

Prince George RCMP broke down the door of a home in the 1800 block of Queensway Sunday morning to break up a violent domestic dispute. Police were called to the home at approximately 10:30 a.m.

Shaw cable and internet services were restored just in time for the Vancouver Canucks playoff game on Sunday.

The numbers are heading in the right direction for aboriginal students achieving success in School District 57 classrooms. In 2005-06, just 38.2 per cent had finished high school within six years of entering Grade 8.

They think they can, they think they can, they think they can - the Fort George Railway Society, city and The Exploration Place are planning to get the Fort George Park train back on the tracks this summer.

North-central B.C. Independent MLA Bob Simpson says the B.C. Liberal government should expand its harmonized sales tax debate into a comprehensive assessment of the province's tax and revenue regime. The B.C.