Local News

The fire that destroyed a McBride lumber manufacturer was continuing to burn away in a nearby mulch pile, Fraser-Fort George Regional District said Monday.

Hammers were busily banging at the John A. Brink Technology Centre at CNC on Friday. Holding them were Grade 7 students from six local schools: Harwin, Ron Brent, Edgewood, Lac des Bois, Spruceland and Westwood.

It's said that Canada was born in the blazing hellfire and soaked in barrels of blood on Vimy Ridge. Don Ford was also born very much a child of Vimy. His father was there in that First World War touchstone battle. So was his uncle Fred.

Former Northland Chrysler Jeep Dodge principal Brent Marshall has withdrawn a lawsuit against his former employers. According to a consent order filed Thursday in B.C.

Below-normal snowpack in the Upper Fraser is leading the River Forecast Centre to predict low river flows in this region this summer.

Local MLAs made a pre-election announcement Friday of short- and long-term upgrades to the University Hospital of Northern B.C.

The city's unemployment rate stood at 7.7 per cent in March, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers issued Friday. That's up from 5.

A major hurdle to a major gold mine was cleared on Thursday - in fact three hurdles.

Brilliantly coloured saris swayed though the halls as turbans were tied and the delicious scent of samosas filled the air at CNC on Thursday.

When the crowds rush into the Kelly Road Craft Fair year after year, people are looking for treasures of the season and probably never give a thought to who makes the magic happen behind the scenes.