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• Bond challenges NDP to offer solutions

  Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond took aim Wednesday at remarks made by NDP leader Carole James in Prince George during the first leg of her province-wide tour to draw attention to problems within B.C.'s public education system.

• Dan Rogers - Mayor Twinning and trading

  Mayor Dan Rogers and team from the City of Prince George left for China on Thursday to seek a twinning relationship with the City of Jiangmen.

• More roadchecks on the way

  How do you catch an impaired driver at 9 a.m.? Sgt. Pat McTiernan explained. "He had apparently been out drinking the night before," said the NCO in charge of Fraser Fort George Traffic Services, "and didn't sleep long enough to get sober." The early-morning impaired driver was just one of those caught in a three-day series of roadchecks involving ...

• Warrant issued for missing artist

  Prince George RCMP have issued a nationwide warrant for a Prince George man missing since the end of May.

• Education an investment: James

  In the next few weeks, as school children settle back into the classroom, NDP leader Carole James will give people around the province an education on education.

• Opponents line up for pipeline hearings

  Proposed route for pipeline to bring light petroleum east to Alberta and diluted oilsands crude to Kitimat.

• Firefighters return from B.C. for some TLC

  The Prince Albert Airport welcomed home more than 40 firefighters Monday from helping battle forest fires in northern British Columbia.

• New bus in the Vicinity

  By Allan Wishart - Prince George Free Press Published: August 30, 2010 3:00 PM Updated: August 30, 2010 3:29 PM No, the bus didn't shrink.

• Police arrest 6 in Prince George drug den bust

  Mounties busted up yet another drug den and took another gun off the street Friday after receiving numerous tips from the public.

• B.C. forest fires burning massive areas

  The Binta Lake fire, west of Prince George, B.C., is the largest fire in the province, at about 400 square kilometres in size.