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Crime has flared up at a couple of local business sites this past week. On Monday, a cloud of pepper spray wafted across a corner of the Pine Centre Mall's parking lot when a dispute inside escalated outdoors.

George Abbott, a one-time berry farmer and political science college instructor, has played up his rural roots from day one of his Liberal leadership bid.

A pre-trial conference is scheduled for June 29 for Cody Alan Legebokoff, accused of murdering Fraser Lake teen Loren Donn Leslie. Leslie's body was found Nov. 27 near Vanderhoof in the area of an unused old logging road near Highway 27.

Tallus Road was the scene Wednesday of a collision between a CN Rail train and a Volkswagen Jetta.

The second in command of Prince George RCMP detachment has retired. Insp. Chris Bomford was in the police detachment cleaning up his office and saying some goodbyes on Tuesday, but his last official day on the job was last Friday.

Spruceland elementary is well on the way to becoming a traditional school.

Christy Clark, like George Abbott, made her way to Prince George Tuesday night to gather final momentum in the race for BC Liberal Party leader. About 50 people joined her and special guest Pamela Martin at an evening reception at the Days Inn.

British Columbia lumber shipments to China reached a new plateau in 2010, hitting 2.8 billion board feet and a value of $687 million, supplanting Japan as the province's No. 2 export destination.

Completely eliminating the $500,000 gap in the school district's transportation budget is out of the question now that trustees have swept away the possibility of charging parents for the service, says school board trustee Sharel Warrington.

The Prince George Golf and Curling Club came one step closer to being sold on Monday.