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Three schools are closed as as many as 1,900 customers in the west bowl area were without power when an outage struck shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday. Foothills and Heritage elementary schools and D.P.

Three schools in the west bowl will remain closed for the day due to a power outage. Foothills and Heritage elementary schools and D.P.

Three Prince George schools are closed this morning due to a power outage - Foothills elementary, Heritage elementary and D.P. Todd Secondary. It is anticipated they will re-open at noon today., the school district said.

CN's northern B.C. line was re-opened this morning following a derailment on Sunday night. The line was re-opened at 8:30 a.m., said CN spokesperson Kelli Svendsen. Of the 113 coal cars in the train, 33 derailed.

A CN coal train derailed Sunday night south of McBride, closing the rail line to Prince George. Preliminary reports indicate that 33 loaded coal cars destined for Prince Rupert were derailed, CN spokesperson Kelli Svendsen said Monday.

One victim stabbed

The two people sitting at the head of the biggest electoral tables in the Prince George region are both excited about 2011 because of one word: diversity.

The goal for the Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle Campaign in Prince George of $250,000 was met and exceeded with a total of $251,000 raised this year. Last year $252,000 was raised.

Three teens who were too young to drive away with the vehicles apparently had no trouble breaking in to them over the Christmas holidays.

There are few places for an impaired driver to hide, on New Year's Eve. The three RCMP traffic departments centred in Prince George are combining forces to saturate the city's streets with public safety.