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Medical students are lobbying the provincial government to take action to "more accessible and affordable pharmacare" on a national scale. The University of British Columbia group, which includes Northern Medical Program students, are headed to B.C.

A patient of the University Hospital of Northern B.C.'s geriatric unit is worried history is repeating itself. Virginia Jenkins has been taking her husband Wayne, who has Alzheimer's, to Dr.

Site C job fairs throughout the Peace Region and Northern B.C. last month drew over 5,000 job seekers. Events were held in Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Tumbler Ridge, Mackenzie, Prince George , and Quesnel.

Unless a family is already considering adopting a pet rabbit, it is better to give chocolate bunnies as gifts, rather than real rabbits, says the BC Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Given the current dry conditions, the Cariboo Fire Centre is encouraging the public to exercise caution with any outdoor burning activities over the weekend and into the coming weeks.

A former B.C. government employee has been charged with making false statements in an attempt to mislead Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham in connection to the alleged "triple-delete" case .

The city's unemployment rate stood at 5.8 per cent in February, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers issued Friday. That's up from 4.

The provincial government has committed $1 million for the coming fiscal year and has assigned a resource manager to develop a plan to battle an outbreak of the spruce beetle in the Omineca region.

To celebrate a life when one is lost keeps memories alive. Dr. Larry Merritt, a Prince George chiropractor, has chosen to celebrate the life of his beloved wife Lois through an annual fundraising dinner at White Goose Bistro.

Two faculty members from the College of New Caledonia nursing program are collecting donations for children in an orphanage in India as they take a group of a dozen students to give them international experience.