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Fort St. John city councilor Don Irwin announced Thursday that he'll seek the Conservative Party of Canada nomination to be the MP for Prince George-Peace River.

Employees at the Endako mines open pit drilling and milling operations in northern B.C. are now part of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1-424. As of Thursday, 260 workers were granted membership by the BC Labour Relations Board.

Dunster parents are meeting today to decide their next move after the school district made a counter offer this week to sell the Dunster Fine Arts Academy for $39,500.

- Love. You love your partner and there are still times when your partner is loving. - Hope. You have many memories of happy times, and hope those times will return. - Making light of the abuse.

Fort St. John city councilor and Christian Life School principal Don Irwin announced Thursday that he'll seek the Conservative Party of Canada nomination to be the MP for Prince George-Peace River.

A seven-week trial may soon come to an end as an 11-person jury entered deliberations late Friday on whether Jesse Norman Sweder committed a drug-related murder five-and-a-half years ago. For more, see the Citizen.

Court action against a senior city staff member accused of violating the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act is unrelated to the Brian Skakun affair, city manager Derek Bates said Friday.

Emma Wiebe may be only one-and-a-half years old, but her quick action saved her mom from drowning. The little girl ran into the bedroom where her grandma, Linda Wiebe was changing the cover on a duvet.

There's a river float event scheduled for Saturday and RCMP anticipate thousands will attend. The tubing event will start at Wilkins Park in Miworth where people will launch their floatation devices and drift down to the Cottonwood boat launch area.

Darcy Delany Tomah, 29, has been charged in a late night incident Monday in a residential neighbourhood. Two others were arrested at the scene (later released without charges) while Tomah was not taken into custody until later in the week.