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An air quality advisory was cancelled Thursday morning for Prince George. The advisory had been issued Wednesday morning because of high levels of fine particulate air pollution.

Prince George Transit is proclaiming its New Year's resolution early with an expanded service on some city routes. Starting Jan. 2, some routes will start earlier and operate later.

With West Fraser, Canfor and Rio Tinto Alcan the latest companies to announce major capital spending plans in northern B.C., 2011 is set to have a noticeably different economic flavour than the past two years.

The liquor control and licensing branch imposed 72 penalties on establishments across B.C. over seven months up to the end of November, according to the branch's latest update, but none were against pubs, bars and restaurants in Prince George.

NovaGold Resources Inc, is making a bid to to buy out Copper Canyon resources Ltd., a share-exchange deal worth $34.1 million. NovaGold, which is a partner in the proposed Galore Creek copper-silver-gold mine in northern B.C.

Prince George RCMP believe they have only a partial account of the crimes a man they've arrested may have committed over the 12 days he's been in the city.

For the first time ever, this October, the dollar value of lumber shipments to China and Japan have topped those to the United States, which B.C. Forests Minister Pat Bell highlights as a positive harbinger.

There are plans to rebuild the NT Air hangar at the Prince George Airport (YXS). No firm direction has been taken, said airport spokesman Todd Doherty, but a new structure may soon be underway to replace the one lost in a dramatic Dec.

A convicted sex offender will be spending Christmas in Prince George. Benjamin Corey Hart, who served four years in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting two little girls, then aged five and seven, will be in the city from Dec.

The city's most extreme winter activity turns 10 years old when the new year kicks in. The annual polar bear dip held at Ness Lake Bible Camp every New Year's Day now has a decade under its belt.