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The Better at Home program offered in Prince George is asking for a little help to keep seniors in their own homes longer.

The Blue Bottle program is a go, thanks to the Prince George Council of Seniors.

Canada's first female First Nations general surgeon is Prince George's Dr. Nadine Caron, who has won the 2016 Royal College Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award, presented today on National Aboriginal Day.

WorkSafeBC has levied a $15,000 fine against Canadian Forest Products Ltd. after hazardous accumulations of potentially-combustible dust were found in several areas at its Vanderhoof sawmill, according to a posting on the agency's website.

WorkSafeBC has fined North Central Roofing Ltd. $7,500 after two employees were found working on a Prince George duplex without proper fall protection in place and one of them was using a nail gun while not wearing safety glasses.

College and university students living along Highway 16 West will be hopping on board when a new public transit system hits the road, British Columbia Federation of Students president Simka Marshall is predicting.

A 32-year-old Prince George woman was killed Sunday morning when her SUV collided with a dump truck on Highway 16 near Vanderhoof.

Completion of a cleansing walk along the Highway of Tears will be among the highlights when National Aboriginal Day celebrations are held Tuesday at Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park.

In a day and age when there would seem to be little left for explorers to challenge, when Google Earth has exposed the planet's secrets and no place is really left undiscovered, Dana Meise is about to complete an explorer's dream.

The U.S. and Canada have "significant differences" amid talks toward a new softwood-lumber trade pact, according to the countries' top trade officials. U.S.