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• Construction underway on overdue sewer project in Smithers, British Columbia

  The South Trunk Sewer Project has been on the Town of Smithers 'need to do' list since the 1960s.

• Opponents line up for pipeline hearings

  Environmental hearings for a proposed oil sands pipeline across northern B.C. are underway, with opponents lining up against it.

• Thunderstorm alert issued for Prince George

  Charles Lyall took this image at a family cottage at the north tip of Bowen Island on Saturday July 25, 2009.

• 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.