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Its Prince George location included, Coast Hotels and Resorts has a new voluntary carbon offset program for guests in place.

Police in Fort St. John are investigating a knife attack that happened Wednesday morning at about 8:30. Public information directed Mounties to 104th Avenue where a man appeared to be severely injured.

Police are now releasing the names of the two people killed in the head-on highway collision near Vanderhoof on Sunday.

Prince George students graduating from high school will receive a special pass good for two days of unlimited travel on the city's transit system this month.

The application deadline has been extended until Thursday, June 10 for the Raise-a-Reader Writer's Camp, hosted by UNBC.

Prince George school board trustees gave two readings Tuesday to a $126.5-million budget that will see 79 fewer positions on the school district's payroll for 2010-11 in an effort to balance the budget in the face of declining enrollment.

The recession and resource downturn cut a deep swath through the Cariboo region's economy last year but some economic gains were made, according to a "regional check-up" released Wednesday by the Chartered Accountants of B.C.

The local B.C. Automobile Association will be holding a draw on July 12 for a child car seat.

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.

School board trustees approved construction Tuesday of new playgrounds at Vanway and Giscome elementary schools this summer.