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Provincial officials are hopeful to have an avalanche that closed Highway 97 north of Prince George on Sunday cleared by this afternoon. The slide took place in the Pine Pass about 70 kilometres north of the Mackenzie highway junction.

RCMP are warning that highway conditions today in the Prince George and entire North District area are extremely poor. Sgt.

The body of a 24-year-old woman was discovered Jan. 16 in deep snow in a residence back yard on Glen Vowell Reserve, just north of New Hazelton.

Tourism Prince George (TPG) has a new look and new way of operating. What used to be a branch of Initiatives Prince George is now all on its own. It has a new CEO, a new funding formula, and perhaps a new ability to promote the city.

About 15 centimetres (six inches) of snow fell overnight in downtown Prince George. Outlying areas at higher elevations may have gotten more.

The Pine Pass on Highway 97 between Prince George and Chetwynd, which was closed by an avalanche on Sunday, has reopened. The avalanche covered the highway, about 70 kilometres south of Chetwynd, with as much as two metres of avalanche debris.

From Prince George provincial court Jan. 14 Caylin Zachary Lee Bolin was sentenced to 14 days in jail intermittent and a six-month suspended sentence and fined $500 for driving without a licence.

A look at Prince George's labour force statistics for the past five years has Initiatives Prince George research analyst Tara Bough feeling upbeat for job seekers for the year to come.

Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen said today he will not enter the leadership race for the B.C. NDP. Cullen said before Christmas he would not enter the race, but recently revealed he was reconsidering.

A snow plow and a minivan collided during the Monday morning commute. According to RCMP spokesman Cpl.