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To help keep the homeless warm this winter, a Share-The-Warmth fashion show is being held by local boutiques Butterfly Threads and Vanilla at 7 p.m. Oct. 23 at Coast Inn of the North.

The Barkerville Heritage Trust will receive $247,000 for an urgent infrastructure project at the provincial heritage site, said Kevin Krueger, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts in a recent news release.

Today is World Teachers' Day and many countries celebrate to acknowledge the 55 million teachers' contribution to students.

One of B.C.'s most esteemed heritage sites is set to receive a fix fit for its thrones. The B.C. government is funding $247,000 worth of "urgent" sewer upgrades for the Barkerville Heritage Trust, the ministry of tourism announced Monday.

A woman died Monday at the scene of a single vehicle accident near KItsegucia west of Prince George. New Hazelton police report the vehicle was travelling east about 7 a.m. when it went it off the road on the left side and into the ditch.

The Prince George Public Library is joining libraries across the country in celebrating Canadian Library Month. The library is offering an exhibit at the Bob Harkins Branch to showcase the incredible value of having a library card.

Recently-toughened drinking and driving laws appear to be hurting the bottom lines of local pubs.

Clients and employees of CIBC donated money over the past couple of months towards the Kiss the Pig campaign.If $1,000 was raised, Corey Darling, CIBC branch manager of the Pine Centre Mall would have to kiss a pig.

Northern B.C. MP Jay Hill ended his 22-year-old political career earlier than expected on Monday and announced he will resign his House of Commons seat on Oct. 25.

The Additional Hotel Room Tax works, the B.C. government likes it and more municipalities will be implementing it, provincial minister Kevin Krueger told the Northern B.C. Tourism Association's annual general meeting Monday in Prince George.