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Within two years of graduation, most University of Northern B.C. students are working in their chosen field and staying in the north, according to a new report. UNBC president Daniel Weeks said the report Putting Degrees to Work, which looked at B.C.

Health Canada has issued a safety warning for two brands of Christmas lights. They are Taizhou Hongpeng Colour Lanterns (CSA file number 241989) and Ningbo EGO International Co. Ltd. (CSA file number 263917).

If there is a lesson other landlords could learn from an RCMP takedown of a flophouse for drug addicts nearly two weeks ago, it's to make sure they know who they're renting to, says the chief executive officer of LandlordBC.

Faculty, alumni and students are calling on the University of Northern B.C. to reverse its decision to make retired Conservative MP James Moore its next chancellor in May.

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Operation Red Nose delivered 88 safe rides home during its opening weekend of the holiday season. That's down from 113 during the same weekend last year, which in turn was well down from 131 rides during the campaign's first weekend in 2013.

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The Northern Women's Forum is collecting blankets and winter wear for those in need in the lead up to a rally for reducing poverty and eliminating violence against women. The 13th annual Chili Blanket is set for Saturday from noon to 2 p.m.

While in London, Ontario in 1993 during an aboriginal training program for journalism, Bernard Andreason, 54, got the news he was HIV positive.

The city may be able to piggyback on to a BC Hydro project to get lights along Tyner Boulevard sooner than it hoped. On Monday night, city council will be asked to approve leasing new hydro poles being installed along Tyner for street lighting.