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We have been dealing with news agencies all day Thursday trying to clarify that Cheslatta is an area and is not our nation.

One of the consequences I've observed with the rise of Netflix and other carriers for television shows is that people are not engaging with the news and current events as much.

Finally, the Hart will have a new high school. For years, Kelly Road has been on the top of School District 57's wish list for replacement. Construction will start this fall on a $45-million replacement.

Longtime northern social worker Deborah Pedersen has won the prestigious Bridget Moran Advancement of Social Work in Northern Communities Award.

Jack Grinhaus doesn't direct all plays at Theatre NorthWest, but he is at the helm for the one opening his week. As TNW's artistic director, he plans the season and often that involves calling in a fellow director for strategic guest appearances.

Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty is in Washington this week to talk trade.

The Canadian Cancer Society's Climb for Cancer is barely a month away. The event, which raised $30,000 for the Kordyban Cancer Lodge last year, is set for Sat., April 22 at the cutbanks on PG Pulpmill Road, across from Northern Estates Winery.

Effective June 1, small claims of up to $5,000 will be dealt with online through a Civil Resolution Tribunal rather than through the provincial court's small claims process, the B.C. Ministry of Justice said Monday.

Enough progress has been made on installing a bridge across Haggith Creek to reopen Willow Cale Road to single-lane alternating by the end of the month.

The contributions of Chinese Canadians to B.C.'s cultural, historical and economic mosaic were celebrated Sunday when a commemorative plaque was unveiled in Barkerville. Cast in bronze, it will be mounted beside the historic site's Chinatown archway.