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If you missed out on purchasing Elton John concert tickets, The Prince George Hospice Society is giving you another chance. The organization is raffling off two tickets July 13 to the sold out show which takes place July 16 at the CN Centre.

Prince George's two MLAs top travel spending list for cabinet ministers. According to a column by Michael Smyth in this week's Province, Shirley Bond spent $103,082 on travel and Pat Bell spent $93,873.

The Prince George Citizen received a big response to its call for community members to participate in an Editorial Advisory Committee to suggest ways and means of improving the daily as we move forward.

The field at Masich Place was a hive of pint-sized activity Sunday when the Prince George Family Y's Healthy Kids day was held at the stadium.

The city's 2009 annual report is now available in draft form for public viewing. It can be found online at www.city.pg.bc.ca, click on draft annual report on the home page, and at city hall.

The new cenotaph in front of city hall was worth all the time, effort and expense in Second World War veteran John Kuharchuk's opinion.

City council will consider a 4.5-per-cent increase to the garbage collection rates on Monday night. The hike, if approved, would boost the rate per six-month period of a small cart to $67.50, a $3 hike, a medium cart to $88.

A revised and long-awaited plan for the Prince George Golf and Curling Club and surrounding lands will go to city council tonight - one that puts a greater emphasis on residential development and parkland and leaves the Pine Valley Golf Centre untouc

Enbridge Inc. says there will be opportunities for northern B.C. businesses and workers during the construction of its proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway Pipeline.

Upgrades to the mechanical systems at Carney Hill elementary and Mackenzie secondary schools are in store for this year under a five-year capital plan approved by school board trustees on Tuesday. The Carney Hill project will cost $1.