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There were starts on four single-family homes in the Prince George area in January, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the same total reached over the same month last year.

Wearing a helmet while soaring down a ski hill is being credited for saving a young boy's life. When six-year-old Isaiah Waldner of Prince George came barreling down the Hart Highlands ski hill Feb.

Canadian Red Cross and Sound of the North band express thanks to sponsors, performers, businesses and individuals who helped make the Haiti benefit concert at Prince George Playhouse a success.

One thing we all have in common is a wish for better financial security and more money in our pockets. The question on how to accomplish that may well lie in the 2010 Wealth Expo being held on Sunday. The free event is held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A major overhaul of the city's bylaw services department was suggested by some city councillors, while others worried about the long-term ramifications.

The Quesnel RCMP is investigating two incidents of fraud where individuals were deceived when attempting to sell gold through an intermediary.

From Prince George Provincial Court Helmer C. Grandison was fined $1,5000 plus a $225 victim surcharge and prohibited from driving for one year for driving with a blood-alcohol level over .08. Feb. 2 Kevin J.

Fraser-Fort George Regional District director Bob Headrick wants to use $15,000 of his electoral area's community grant funding to pay for water monitoring and legal advice related to a plan to spread biosolids over 30 hectares at the east end of Pat

Canfor Pulp expects its markets to remain strong through the beginning of this year as it finished 2009 in the black. Canfor Pulp posted net income of $15.2 million in the last three months of 2009, and generated adjusted distributable cash of $22.

Fisk Avenue resident Mike Riemer may have won a minor victory in an unsightly premise dispute with the city but he will still have to take down two "temporary structures" he's using to store various items in his carport by the end of this month.