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The Vancouver Olympics have experienced their first disclosed bomb threat. It happened in Prince George on Friday night during the ceremonies marking the Olympic flame's arrival in B.C.'s northern capital. The public was unaware of any incident.

Quesnel city council is now looking at a 2.7-per-cent increase in the community's tax levy. An 11-per-cent hike, adding up to $1 million, had been in the works, but on Monday staff came back with a proposal to hold the jump at $325,000 over the $11.

In what has become a comedy of successes, police in Prince George have located yet another major marijuana grow-op in the area.

Red Rock residents remained skeptical and frustrated about a plan to spread biosolids over land at the end of Patterson Road, following a meeting with proponents on Wednesday night, said Fraser-Fort George Regional District director Bob Headrick.

Small businesses can now get help finding the right employee through an online evaluation service provided through the Chamber of Commerce.

A Prince George resident has won a partial victory in B.C. Supreme Court over whether the city had the authority to remove a large collection of household items from his carport in the act of enforcing its maintenance bylaw.

Canadian Tire believes strong communities include strong children who should all have the chance to run, skate, play, and grow.

Simon Fraser Lodge in Prince George is undergoing a $4 million renovation and improvement project to provide a more home-like atmosphere for residents.

A new program by the B.C. health ministry designed to seek out and treat those who are undiagnosed or untreated for HIV will begin shortly in both Prince George and Vancouver's downtown east side.

Now that opponents of the harmonized sales tax in B.C. have been given the OK to launch a province-wide petition against the tax, a local organizer in Vanderhoof says they will be getting ready to become involved in the initiative in northern B.C.