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Canada's leading national youth service program, is looking for families willing to host Katimavik participants aged between 17 and 21 from across Canada. Families who sign up can expect to host a young volunteer from Feb. 20 to March 6.

Parents of students at independent schools are raising alarm bells over the school board's new catchment area and transfer policy, saying a lack of consideration has place them at the bottom of the enrollment priority list.

Encana has inked a $5.4-billion deal with PetroChina to acquire a 50 per cent stake in a portion of its natural gas operations in northern B.C. and Alberta.

Canfor Corp. president and CEO Jim Shepard is stepping down, to be replaced by veteran company executive Don Kayne. The changeover will take place at the company's next annual general meeting scheduled for May 5.

A Prince George man has been found guilty of sexual interference of a person under 14 years old for a series of incidents involving his granddaughter while she was living in his home.

The names at the top have changed but the attitude remains the same. That's part of what plagues the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Prince George, according to David Eby, executive director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.

As part of an ongoing homicide investigation, Prince George RCMP Serious Crime Unit wants to speak with the person who located a set of keys believed to have been placed in a Canada Post mailbox in August or September.

RCMP's Federal Commercial Crime Section is warning of a province-wide rash of credit card fraud in which the fraudster is using stolen credit cards over the phone. Police say the fraud begins over the telephone and ends on the Internet.

In the first visit to Prince George by an NDP leadership candidate, Adrian Dix said restoring gaming grants to organizations like the Hart Pioneer Centre should be a priority in the upcoming provincial budget.

It's time to start designing and building bridges for the 14th annual popsicle stick bridge contest to be held at Pine Centre Mall in Prince George. The contest is March 5 at 11 a.m.