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Powered by a 2,200-position surge in the number of people holding down jobs, the city's unemployment rate tumbled three percentage points to 9.3 per cent last month, according to labour market survey results from Statistics Canada.

Vanderhoof RCMP report the man who died in an April 4 collision in Fraser Lake is David Wayne McEntire of Burns Lake. He was 40 years old.

The provincial government will provide the College of New Caledonia with nearly $2.7 million in one-time funding to establish a Medical Radiography Technology (MRT) program.

RCMP report that a $5,000 laptop was stolen April 9 or 10 from a vehicle in the 2600 block of Inlander Street. Despite the item being secured and hidden, thieves managed to gain entry to steal the IBM Thinkpad laptop, said Cst. Jayson Hanson.

RCMP located a large indoor grow operation April 10 in the Springhouse area near Williams Lake.Police found more than 1,800 marijuana plants on the property with an estimated annual value of $1.

Fraser Lake RCMP responded April 10 to a report of a sexual assault on the Nautley Reserve. A 23-year-old male was arrested for the assault on a person less than 16 years.

The provincial government needs to stop the "chronic underfunding" of institutions like Prince George's College of New Caledonia, said the head of the union representing over 10,000 instructors and educators across B.C.

Neighbours are wondering if there is an arsonist working overtime, or just a lot of coincidence going on.

The Prince George Citizen enjoyed success at the Ma Murray Awards held Saturday at the River Rock Casino Resort. The annual event is a presentation of the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Association.

Nine occupants of a house in the 1400 block of Diefenbaker Drive escaped serious injury after their home burst into flame Saturday morning. At about 5:30 a.m.