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Grant Sheppard and Lanna Mercer weren't letting the lingering wildfire smoke - visible against the cut banks along the Fraser River - stop them from making their daily walk through Fort George Park on Friday morning.

A parade of pooches is set for next Saturday, Aug. 14, at the Prince George Farmers' Market. There will be two age categories: 12 years and under and 13 years and over (no age limit) - for the owners.

Two men from Switzerland who are living out their long-time dream of traveling around the world are making their second trip through Prince George. After two and a half years, they've visited 30 countries.

Prince George Native Friendship Centre executive director Barb Ward-Burkitt has been named to the Order of British Columbia, the provincial government's honours and awards secretariat said Friday.

The largest fire near Prince George: Although it's outside the Prince George Fire Centre region in the Cariboo Fire Centre, the Pelican Lake fire complex is just 75 kilometres southwest of Prince George as the crow flies.

B.C. Environment, in collaboration with Northern Health, issued a wildfire smoke advisory for Prince George on Friday. There had already been a normal air quality air advisory in place on Thursday.

Canada Revenue Agency has launched an appeal of last month's decision that allowed taxpayer Irvin Leroux to continue his lawsuit against the CRA, says the organization that's covering his legal costs.

Bob Zimmer,41, announced that he will seek the federal conservative nomination for the Prince George-Peace River electoral district. "I hope to continue where Jay left off and keep the reform ideal alive in Ottawa.

The giant Martin Mars water-bomber has been relocated to Fraser Lake west of Prince George to provide help in the hot fire zone south of Prince George.

B.C. Environment issued an air quality advisory Thursday because of high levels of fine particulate air pollution in the Prince George airshed, a result of forest fires, and industry and transportation emissions.