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YMCA public skating schedule is as follows: --Public skate is 12 to 1:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday at Coliseum. --Parent and tot skate is 1:30 to 2 p.m. Monday and Wednesday at Coliseum. --Teen skate is 8 to 9 p.m. Friday at Elksentre.

Reports came in to police on Wednesday afternoon that a man with a gun was travelling about the downtown. A large contingent of Mounties responded.

Canfor Pulp LP has sued a range of companies over damages caused to its Prince George pulp and paper mill during a fire in January 2008. According to the endorsement filed in B.C.

A warrant has been issued for Prince George resident Chad Douglas Berry who is wanted for the assault of two Prince George females who were both stabbed when they rebuked Berry's advances. The incident happened about 2:30 a.m.

A student from the University of Northern British Columbia has won a fellowship from the BC Cancer Agency to conduct molecular biology research at the university this summer.

Name being withheld; man on duty in Afghanistan

Transportation minister Shirley Bond is pointing to $53 million worth of further work on the Cariboo Connector along Highway 97 as a highlight among the projects to be pursued this year.

A benefit concert to raise funds for Haiti and Kenya will be held on Saturday at First Baptist Church on Fifth Avenue at Gillette. Called Hope for Haiti and Care for Kenya, it will feature music from On the House Band and The Freedom Singers.

A handful of projects proposed for the Prince George area have been added to the provincial government's latest major projects inventory.

Burns Lake teacher Jim Iker is the new first vice-president of the B.C. Teachers' Federation. Ikert was elected to the post for a one-year term Tuesday during the BCTF convention.