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Rescue personnel were called about 10 p.m. Monday to free a man pinned in his vehicle during a single vehicle accident near Bednesti Lake on Highway 16 West.

Just after midnight Tuesday RCMP were called to UHNBC regarding a 45-year-old man of Prince George who walked into the hospital with a slashed throat. His wound was not life-threatening. The man refused to co-operate with police, said RCMP Sgt.

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UNBC and Prince George Christian Reformed Church are partners in a new community garden project.

A Prince George driver has been charged with driving without due care and attention after hitting one moving and two parked vehicles on Tuesday. Witnesses at the scene of the collisions about 11:30 a.m.

To ensure no child is deprived of a summer camp experience, Ness Lake Bible Camp is holding Cans for Kids. On Saturday, June 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., take your aluminum cans to the Nechako Bottle Depot on 1st Avenue.

Two weather records were set in May according to a synopsis for the month from Environment Canada meteorologist Jim Steele. The four centimetres of snow that fell on May 21 broke the old record for the day of 0.

Citizen reporter Gordon Hoekstra captured Canada's top award for investigative journalism over the weekend. Hoekstra secured the Canadian Association of Journalist's Don McGillivray Award for Investigative Journalism for his story Downtown Fix.

RCMP in Smithers are dealing with a paint can arsonist. Cst. J.R.

The B.C. Liberals government isn't caving on caving legislation - for now. Forests minister Pat Bell told the Province Saturday that, while he hasn't reviewed a private members bill calling for additional rules to protect B.C.