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Sixteen carloads of coal spilled but no one was hurt after a train derailed near Shelley Wednesday morning. The derailment involved a train traveling from Jasper to Prince George and left 16 coal cars on the tracks.

Missing person Roy French has been located in another community safe and in good health.

B.C.'s Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) branch, in co-operation with local law enforcement, will be out in full strength this summer to ensure commercial vehicles operating in northern B.C. are meeting safety standards.

Lack of seatbelts is a factor in the serious injuries to a pair of people involved in a major collision Sunday.

Roy French, 62, left Takla Landing in his own vehicle July 9 for a doctor's appointment in Prince George. He did not attend the appointment and has not been seen since he stopped at the Petro Can service station in Fort St. James the same day.

A 35-year-old Prince George man was viciously assaulted with a blunt object and was struck in the head several times at about 11 p.m. Monday at the corner of Fifth and Harper Street.

Asia Pacific Twinning Program Jiangmen Delegation - Council Contingent: Council authorized a delegation to travel to Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China, in September to meet with officials representing the government, education, tourism, and busines

He may have been an immature braggart who told an undercover police officer he killed a man, but Jesse Norman Sweder is no murderer, a jury was told during a closing summation Tuesday in Prince George Supreme Court.

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT STATEMENT The Province's Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) branch, in co-operation with local law enforcement, will be out in strength this summer to ensure commercial vehicles operating in northern B.C.

Asia Pacific Twinning Program Jiangmen Delegation - Council Contingent: Council has authorized a delegation to travel to Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China, in September to meet with officials representing the government, education, tourism, and bus