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You have to take your shoes off to count the number of major drug busts in the Prince George area since the new year dawned.

Vanderhoof RCMP seized a large quantity of packaged marihuana along with about 440 plants and equipment Saturday at residences located on Phillips Road and Comtois Place in the Cluculz Lake area.

A local contribution to a national day of protest against the proroguing of parliament drew about two dozen people to the corner of Seventh and Victoria late Saturday morning.

A small electrical fire in London Drugs temporarily shut down the Parkwood Place store for close to three and a half hours Monday. Fire crews from three Prince George halls responded to the call at 12:29 p.m.

Two people on a snow mobile on Carp Lake Road near MacLeod Lake, B.C. went off the road into a wooded area when the driver lost control.

A sense of humour is very important said the owner of a new store recently opened in downtown Prince George.

The Ramada Plaza Prince George is now ready for all your venti skinny extra-hot frappacino needs. The hotel celebrated the opening of its new Starbucks outlet with a ribbon cutting featuring local dignitaries Monday afternoon.

Theatre North West has broken its own record for highest number of season pass holders. This year's total of 3,867 pass holders is the highest ever in the theatre's 16-year history, said Bern Whalen, administrative associate.

Haiti's earthquake aftermath is receiving global attention, calling to mind another disaster that is still in the recovery stage - one with a Prince George attachment.

Despite the excitement of opening the new cancer centre in 2012, Northern Health officials want northerners to understand that it is "just one small part" of the Northern Cancer Control Strategy. Dr.