OVER THE EDGE Christina Rose Verde, 17, of Fort St. James, died during a terrible car crash just north of Hixon. She was the passenger of a small car which collided head on with a tanker truck. The truck did not spill any of its load but crews quarantined the area as a precaution. The driver of the car is being treated at Prince George Regional Hospital, and the driver of the truck did not sustain any injuries. The provincial govern- ment has agreed to build.a new, 900-student capacity, Duchess Park Secondary School. Negotiations had‘to occur before the government. committed to a 900-student school over a_ previously suggested 650-student one. The school district will have to sell off some of its assets. such as vacant schools. Col- lege Heights Secondary is expanding and is using the same tactics to meet budget. Doug Walls, who previ- ously owned a car dealership in Prince George; has been given a sentence of 2 years served in the community for a ‘cheque-kiting’ scheme. In partnership with Mike Mil- lard, the two tried cheque fraud to save a failing Ford dealership. The scheme cost CIBC $1.5 million dollars. The Spruce Kings hock- ey team will soon be offer- ing beer at their games at the coliseum. The vote to pass the matter passed with an 8-1 majority at city council. Licensing requirements will delay when the first game offering beer will be. Brian e March 14, 2007 e worl Skakun opposed the motion, , saying the Spruce Kings are family entertainment. An Edmonton area man is the first in 2 decades in Al- berta to have a reported case of rabies. He was bitten in the night bya bat and never went for treatment. There is little treatment available to him at this stage of infec- tion. Other human cases of rabies was 1985 in Alberta, 2003--in British Columbia, and 2000 in Quebec. A low pressure system wreaked havoc with Eastern Canada during the weekend of March 2nd. The maritime provinces are experiencing extreme weather causing snow, ice pellets, anid winds up to 140 km/h. The same weather system previously rampaged over Ontario and Quebec, leaving both prov- inces to deal with the fall- out. Paul Callow, of Toronto, known now as the “Balcony Rapist”, has relocated his home to New Westminster, BC after news crews came to his house. He has been the subject of many protests from community members not wanting convicted sex offenders in their area. His name comes from his habit of breaking into women’s home’s through their bal- cony door for the purpose of rape and assault. Experts wam the media. attention - could cause him to relapse into more criminal behav- iour. B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal will be under- U.S. Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey: has re- signed from his position. This comes in the fallout of a military scandal involv- _ing poor conditions in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in. Washington, DC. The. Washington Post pre- viously reported that con- ditions inthe centre were poor, and’many people were not-receiving adequete treat- ment. Mullah Obaidullah Ak- hund, former Taliban de- fence minister, has been ar- rested. by. Pakistan. He. was arrested with others in a raid in the city of Quetta. Fur- ther Taliban members were arrested later in the week. Pakistan has been under pressure to combat Taliban operations on its soil. Kevin Russell, of Indi- ana, has been charged with one count of check fraud, one resisting arrest and one count of intimidation. His crime: Attempting to cash a $50,000 dollar check signed by God himself. He was be- ing held on a $1,000 dollar bond. Post Offices around the United States are removing their clocks in retail areas. ‘They are hoping to com- bat the poor service times in their outlets by simply taking away the means for going prostate cancer March 20. He remains optimistic about the result, saying the cancer was discovered early. Oppal had practiced law for 14 years before becoming a judge. spent. Stephen Seewoester, a Dallas area spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service, says, “We want people to: focus. on postal service and: not the clock.” Joseph Thomas Mulk-. erin, 46; has been charged with robbery for robbing a bank, the second time he has robbed the same bank. He lead police to his motel: room to show them the stolen property, and soon discov- ered that he has been robbed himself. Later, David Mims, of the motel’s maintenance, www.calgary.ca/fire people to measure the time was charged for breaking into the room and stealing some of the money. California goes up in flames. As is typical’ for California, a fast-moving brush fire has-scorched more than 2000 acres of land on Sunday. Two firefighters suffered injuries. In response to protests against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, riot police have arrested opposition leader Morgan Tsvangiral.