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The city's market for single-family homes slowed considerably during the third quarter of the year, a look at the numbers from B.C. Northern Real Estate Board are showing.

We sent a delegation to China, and now they are sending a delegation to Prince George. "The City of Prince George will be hosting an inbound delegation from Jiangmen, China on (Sunday and Monday)," announced mayor Dan Rogers on Thursday.

More than 1,000 visitors are expected to attend the popular Victoria Street Market bazaar and tea Oct. 23 at St. Michael's and All Angels' Anglican Church.

A provincial court judge has stayed charges against a Prince George man accused of colliding with a police car while driving drunk because it has taken too long for his case to come to trial.

Community support is overwhelming for the Prince George Gang Crime Summit November 1 and 22, Wendy Moore, community policing coordinator, says of the event designed to bring agencies and groups together with a common goal.

No one credibly disputes the unsafe, expensive, inefficient state of decay the current RCMP detachment exists in.

Prince George Astronomical Society will celebrate the stars with a free lecture and sky viewing with the president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Mary Lou Whitehorne will visit Prince George and give a presentation tonight at 7 p.m.

The Gateway has become not just a business district on the southern channel into downtown, but also a cultural channel as well. When considerations are made about how aesthetics can affect public safety, business prosperity, property values, etc.

Banks and credit unions need to "find ways to innovate their services" to prevent the financially-stressed from turning to cheque cashing stores in times of need and digging themselves into deeper holes in the process.

The Hart Highway area was the target for three incidents where glass doors were smashed and two community halls and one vacant building entered by offenders whom police believe are responsible for three crimes occurring between 6:40 and 8:40 a.m.