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The B.C. and Alaska governments signed a co-operation agreement Wednesday over mines that could affect trans-boundary rivers, and includes a promise to develop a joint water-quality monitoring program.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has reinstated a Superintendent of Motor Vehicles adjudicator's decision to impose a 90-day driving prohibition against a Prince George man who failed to pass a roadside screening test.

A northern MP is heading to France to make sure the new government's "feet are held to the fire" during climate change talks.

If Prince George party-goers need a safe ride home this weekend, Operation Red Nose will be ready to answer their calls.

High concentrations of fine particulate have prompted an air quality advisory in Prince George. The warning was issued Thursday afternoon by the Ministry of Environment and Northern Health.

The driver of a pickup truck escaped with minor injuries after veering off the road and taking out a power pole in the 2200 block of Queensway Street late Thursday morning.

A B.C. Supreme Court Justice has ordered Greyhound Canada to pay a former Mackenzie man a six-figure sum for the injuries he suffered when one of the company's buses crashed on the Trans-Canada Highway.

Construction of 25,000-square-foot cargo warehouse at the Prince George Airport is now complete. The $5.5 million project, which began in the spring, was finished on time and on budget, the Prince George Airport Authority said Thursday.

The University of Northern B.C. has announced James Moore as its new chancellor. The former member of Parliament got his bachelor’s degree in political science at the Prince George university in 2001.

A Prince George man arrested at a 1500-block Victoria Street motel now faces four counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking from the incident.