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For the last nine years Chances Are you'd find a consignment boutique above Books & Company. After two years at Third and Dominion, Colleen Dyson thought it was time to move to a higher elevation at 1685 Third Avenue.

From Prince George Provincial Court Feb. 12 Kyle G. Wilson was issued a $500 six-month surety to keep the peace in relation to a charge of assault. Trevor C.

Prince George's three independent schools emerged the top achievers in the Fraser Institute's annual grading of elementary schools' academic performance. With a score of 8.

Nadia Herold of Tomslake, B.C. became the owner of a $376,000 show home Sunday night. The 61-year-old retiree was the grand prize winner in the Prince George Spruce Kings show home lottery. Herold's $100 ticket, No.

The Olympics has had a tangible effect on the Prince George Airport. Already, with the winter games only a few days old, YXS is seeing a burst of action, and most of it is clad in the red, white and black of the 2010 fans' garb.

Canada's medal-winning athletes will receive a little something extra upon stepping onto the podium during the Olympic Winter Games -- a Canadian flag neatly folded into a box made by a Prince George craftsman out of blue stained pine.

School district trustees will be keeping a close eye on the provincial budget after a new approach to public schools was suggested in last week's throne speech.

Single-family homes sold for an average $215,023 in northern B.C. in January, according to the B.C. Real Estate Association, up $10,227 over the month before. It's also up $14,653 from January 2009.

Doctors will be looking deeper into the eyes of Prince George patients with new state-of-the art ophthalmology equipment costing almost $100,000.

Due to daily Olympic coverage from Vancouver on Shaw Cable 10, Monday's city council meeting will not be aired that evening. Instead a recorded version will be aired on Wed., Feb. 17 at 2 p.m.