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As many as 216 students are expected to accept their parchment at the College of New Caledonia's 2010 convocation ceremony this Saturday. The event will take place at CN Centre, 2 p.m. start.

Williams Lake Studio Theatre's presentation of Bill W. and Dr. Bob earned cast and crew top spot at the Central Interior zone theatre festival. The group now goes to Theatre B.C.'s Mainstage competition in Kamloops from July 2 to 10. Bill W. and Dr.

Around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11, Quesnel RCMP responded to a call about an erratic driver in a grey Toyota Corolla on Highway 97 South near Kersley. The suspect nearly collided with several other motorists.

Right now, groceries like milk and eggs are tax free, and processed foods like cookies and chips subject to GST. When HST is implemented July 1, groceries with five per cent GST will be subjected to 12 per cent HST.

The senior drama class at Kelly Road Secondary is practicing their best hillbilly accents for the upcoming production of The Beverly Hillbillies.

Chemtrade will continue to supply a key ingredient used in Canfor's Prince George pulp mills until at least 2018.

Beware the bat when you're outside this spring and summer. That's the advice the B.C. Centre for Disease Control is issuing as the warm weather means more people will be venturing outside and risk being bitten by the animal.

Tickets to see two of Canada's cutting edge indie performers are going fast. Musician Dan Mangan and poet Shane Koyczan are friends, collaborators and tour mates. They return to Prince George (first time as a duo) on May 15 and 16 at Art Space.

As many as 216 students are expected to accept their parchment at the College of New Caledonia's 2010 convocation ceremony this Saturday. The event will take place at CN Centre, 2 p.m. start. For more, see The Citizen.

Canfor Pulp is pushing ahead with a $10.7-million odour-reduction project at its P.G. Pulp and Paper mill immediately, before it has secured approval for the project through a federal green subsidy program.