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Todd Jordan feels this weekend will be a battle of styles. “Mount Royal is a small, scrappy team,” the UNBC men’s basketball coach said of the opposition or the team’s home opener. “They’ve got some length on the perimeter, and they like to get up and down the floor.” Jordan feels, though, that his team can match the speed, but will be looking to get the ball inside more, something they did in one of their games last weekend against University of the Fraser Valley. “They are one of the...

Christina Watts has merged her artistic talent and her computer technical knowledge to create an online art gallery where local artists can discuss their work and show and sell their pieces. Ridge Side Art is named after Watts’ home studio location and features the work of local artists, art resources, news about upcoming shows and workshops as well as other information of interest to artists. Watts belongs to the Artists’ Workshop group at Studio 2880 and she enjoys working in a variety...

The Spirit of the Prince George artwork is made by local artist James Miller from 14-foot carved Douglas fir planks. Inspired by the recent competition to create a mural to celebrate the upcoming Winter Games, the piece has been installed near the Timberspan Wood Products location on Willow Cale Forest Road. Each board in the piece is 18 feet, 11 inches wide. Timberspan owner Joseph Cvenkel was so impressed by Miller’s design that he commissioned it for his company. “In early May,” Miller...

All the incumbents who were re-elected to council – Lyn Hall, Brian Skakun, Murry Krause, Garth Frizzell, Frank Everitt, and Albert Koehler – obviously thanked their supporters for their election win Saturday. And so they should. But they probably should also thank Mother Nature. Good old Mother Nature has been kind to us this winter. There have been winters here when the snowblower is in mid-season form by Halloween. Not so this year. The winter snows have held off quite nicely and, more...

Prince George RCMP are happy to report that a local man reported missing earlier this month has been located and is safe. Curtis Dale Myers was located by investigators in another community. He is safe. The Prince George RCMP would like to thank the members of the public and the media who assisted officers with this investigation.

The second play of the season at Theatre North West is as heart warming story that artistic director Jack Grinhaus says is “about a grieving family that finds solace in a mystical character at Christmas time.” A synopsis of the play: It’s Christmas Eve. One year ago Josh and Jennifer’s father disappeared in a float plan accident at Prospect Point, where the children have come to honour his memory. As the sky darkens with the approach of a terrible storm, a bunker...

John Hof, president of United for Life British Columbia and Mike Schouten, director of weneedaLAW.ca will be coming to Prince George, at the Canadian Reformed Church, 4110 15th Avenue on Friday, Nov. 28 as part of their northern speaking tour. The event begins at 7 p.m. Hof and Schouten will be sharing from their vast experience and knowledge, information concerning political pro-life opportunities, both federally and provincially, to help protect the lives of the unborn in Canada – the...

Smithers sensational singer songwriter Mark Perry will be at Cafe Voltaire tonight (Friday, Nov. 21.) His show starts at 8 p.m. Perry sings songs about hockey games on frozen lakes, plane crashes, bank robberies, towns dying, towns being born, laughs, tragedies and the people that come with them. Friday Night Mics’ organizer Eric Tompkins says this will be a spectacular event and very well attended performance, so come early, get a coffee or tea and sit down to enjoy some great music....

Search crews are scouring the Willow River area looking for a 49-year-old Anita Florence Thorne who went missing Wednesday. The Prince George RCMP are requesting assistance from the public in locating Thorne, who has not been seen by friends or family since she left home Wednesday morning. On Thursday RCMP found a vehicle associated with Thorne at the Willow River rest area, next to Highway 16. A police service dog and handler were called in and conducted a search of the area by ground...

One of the first comments I heard after Saturday’s election was also one of the worst. “We got the best council CUPE could buy,” was the comment. There’s been a lot of chatter since the election about CUPE’s involvement in the municipal election, but there’s a couple of a points that should be made. Firstly, why is anyone surprised? CUPE president Janet Bigelow said that the union started working on its election involvement in January. Guess when that was? It was right when CUPE’s first...