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Public forum on aboriginal school

Prince George area residents are reminded of an open public forum happening Wednesday to discuss the the aboriginal choice school being established by School District 57 which is slated to begin classes in September at Carney Hill elementary school.

Bail hearings result in adjournments

A pair of bail hearings resulted in adjournments in court at Prince George on Tuesday. The hearing for Joseph Fowlie was adjourned until May 3. He was arrested March 22 for the sexual assault of a 62-year-old woman in the Beaverly area.

Search goes on

To date, there has been no word of any significant findings of human remains at the Northern Thunderbird Air fire site. RCMP Cst. Gary Godwin said forensic anthropologist, Dr.

Highway crash claims life of Burns Lake man

A traffic incident at Fraser Lake has claimed the life of one life-long area resident and injured four other people. The two-vehicle collision happened Sunday evening just after 3 p.m.

Intercon fire hosed down quickly

A fire at Canfor's Intercon Pulp Mill was doused by Canfor fire crews and Prince George Fire Rescue Service firefighters working together. The fire happened shortly before 5:30 p.m., said PGFRS assistant chief Greg Wilkins.

Loggers ordered to pay farmer $53,000

A logging company appeared to have used "infamous talk and log strategy", a B.C. Supreme Court judge has commented in awarding a Prince George area farmer $53,000 for use of roads on his property to haul out timber from nearby harvesting operations.

Consultation process needs tweaking says DPAC president

District parent advisory council president Don Sabo says school closures are too important to be limited to only 60 days of consultation.

Sidewalk striker's appeal turned down

A Prince George man will have to serve 18 months in jail after the B.C.

NDI helped broker hotel deal

For the first time, the Northern Development Initiative Trust acted as a bank for a land transaction, namely the P.G. Hotel and parking lot.

Nine months for extortion

Eric W. Johnson, one of four people implicated in an extortion case, was sentenced to nine months in jail and 18 months probation in Prince George provincial court on Thursday. The outcome follows sentencing of Jonathan K.