Re-read some of the Citizen's most popular stories in November.
The title really says it all. Our intrepid reporter Mark Nielsen's mea culpa on hiking, getting lost, and getting found again:
I waited all day Monday for a press release from Prince George RCMP saying police and search and rescue members were called out Sunday evening to look for a 53-year-old male who got himself lost in the woods.
They didn't send one so, as we says in the news business, I've decided to get out in front of the issue.
The missing 53-year-old male was me.
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2. Meal money buys winning ticket in Dream Home Lottery
The Munroe family are winners of this year's Hospice Dream Home Lottery.
When Steve Munroe came out of camp with $100 of meal money still in his pocket, he decided to spend it on a ticket for the Prince George Hospice Dream Home Lottery.
"I was thinking 'free ticket,' so I bought one," he said.
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3. Johnny Reid brings friends for February concert
One of Canada's country music kings is coming to Prince George, and he's bringing along one of Canada's Celtic queens.
Johnny Reid will return to CN Centre Feb. 5. With him will be special guest Natalie MacMaster, who has also brought her sizzling fiddle talents to Prince George in the past.
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4. Adoptive parents forming forever homes
Inside the Horton house, parents Janine and Dave Horton can never quite sit still without one of their four young children crawling over them or tugging an arm for attention.
Seven years ago, frustrated by fertility problems, children seemed like a far-off reality. Then they learned of a three-month-old boy with cerebral palsy and a colostomy bag in foster care that needed special care. Janine, a licensed practical nurse, put their names forward.
"Three weeks later we had Tony," said Dave of their now-adopted seven-year-old son. A year later Tony's half-sister Shayla, now six, was also in their home.
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5. Neighbours relieved by flophouse bust
Area residents are breathing a sigh of relief after Prince George RCMP's move last week to clear out what has been described as a flophouse for drug addicts.
By the time the takedown at 1837 Spruce St. occurred, the home had become a neighbourhood scourge, according to a property manager for one of the apartment blocks in the area.
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