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Crash kills two near Cluculz Lake Two people are dead following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 16 near Cluculz Lake Monday afternoon. Vanderhoof RCMP and North District Traffic Services were called to the collision at about 3 p.m. It occurred about one kilometre east of Hillcrest Way Road and involved a commercial tractor-trailer unit and a pickup truck. Witnesses told police that an eastbound Ford Ranger truck crossed the centre line and collided head on with a westbound tractor-trailer unit. Both occupants of the pickup truck, a 56-year-old man and 79-year-old woman from Vanderhoof, died at the scene.
Help sought to find missing teen The Prince George RCMP are requesting the public’s help in locating a missing youth. On Monday December 30, the Prince George RCMP received a report of a youth who did not return to her residence on Sunday, December 29. Kiana Anisha Keram, 17 years old, is described as: First Nations, 170 cm (5’7”), 83 kg (182 lbs).
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Prince George skip Patti Knezevic delivers a rock during her opening match at the Scotties B.C. Women’s Curling Championships Monday morning.
City CUPE deal Bill Phillips editor@pgfreepress.com It still has to be ratified by both sides, but the city and its two CUPE locals have reached an tentative agreement. After a full day of negotiating Tuesday, with some breaks for discussions among the two sides, the agreement was reached late in the afternoon. “Yesterday was a very positive day,” said Bill Gaal, superintendent operations for the city, Wednesday morning. “The parties mended a lot of fences.” Gaal said until city council and the two union locals see the agreement, he couldn’t comment on the specifics, although both sides had stated before Christmas that wages were the main outstanding stumbling block. The union locals 399 and 1048 had staged a one-day strike in December and, prior to this week’s negotiations, had stated they were prepared to go out on strike. The unions have been without a collective agreement since January 2013. Local 1048 president Janet Bigelow also would not discuss specifics of the deal but said she was happy with it. “It’s fair, it’s reasonable,” she said Wednesday morning. “The whole idea of bargaining is that you come in with what you want, the other side comes in with what they want, and it’s a success when you meet somewhere in the middle.” Both union locals were scheduled to meet last night to vote on the agreement. Council met yesterday afternoon. “Both unions will recommend acceptance,” she said.
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