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Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick, 21, was laid to rest in Prince George cemetery Tuesday. He died in an Edmonton hospital after being injured by an improvised explosive device on March 6 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

A copy of Mililtary Chaplain Captain Father Jean El Dahdouh's sermon during the burial of Corporal Darren Fitzpatrick on Tuesday, March 30.

The fate of 14 schools and the French immersion program will be decided tonight when school district trustees determine which will be closed and reconfigured. The meeting is set for 6 p.m.

Simon Fraser Lodge is moving 29 clients to Rainbow Lodge. The facility on Laurier Crescent is temporarily shifting residents to its counterpart on Liard Drive as it rebuilds part and renovates the remainder of its building.

The road from Queensway to the cemetery will be temporarily closed shortly after noon Tuesday as Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick is laid to rest.

The City of Prince George will open Connaught Hill Park on Thursday for vehicle access. The gate will be open from April through August from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and September through October from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Cynthia Dykhuizen was not victorious but "experience" is now a prominent word in her vocabulary. The 12-year-old from Barlow Creek elementary school represented northern B.C.

UNBC president George Iwama expects to have shortly a clearer picture of the specifics for a wood innovation and design centre that's long been in the proposal stages for Prince George.

The cost of attending UNBC will be on the rise as the university's board of governors passed a two-per-cent increase to tuition fees on Saturday just prior to approving a $66.3-million operating budget for 2010-11.

A Prince George's businessman's claim his rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms combined with financial trouble entitle him to legal counsel at the public's expense has been rejected. In written judgment issued last week, B.C.