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Amid the sea of graduating gowns seated on the floor of CN Centre, Jonathan Hansen couldn't help but stand out during the College of New Caledonia's convocation on Saturday.

Single-family homes sold for an average $220,039 last month, the B.C. Real Estate Association said Friday, a $6,789 increase over the month before. The number of sales also rose, by 24 units to a total of 338, boosting the dollar volume by $7.

It's now more than eight weeks since little Hannah Parker of Prince George was rushed to Vancouver with stage four cancer caused by a Wilms tumor on her left kidney that had aggressively spread to her lungs and liver.

Here's your chance to own an oil on velvet of poker playing dogs. An evening of "bad art for good pets" will be held on Thurs., May 27 at Nancy O's restaurant downtown - a silent auction to raise money for the local branch of the B.C.

A number of First Nations items that were stolen 20 years ago have been quietly returned to the Tomahawk restaurant in North Vancouver.

In keeping with May being Hospice Month, a local company found a great way to recognize the end-of-life work done by Prince George Rotary Hospice House.

The Citizen's own Gord Hoekstra is a finalist for the award of outstanding journalism in 2009, presented by the Canadian Association of Journalists.

Prince George will be among the communities affected when Canada Post launches a new system later this summer that will see local-to-local mail dropped into the mail box on Friday sent down to Vancouver for sorting over the weekend.

The Citizen's own Gordon Hoekstra is a finalist for the award of outstanding journalism in 2009, presented by the Canadian Association of Journalists.

For the first time in decades, a new May queen will not be crowned in the Elk's May Day parade Saturday in downtown Prince George.