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The city will be adding its name to the roster of communities backing a call for citizens' rights to a healthy environment.

Convocation season continues this Friday, with the University of Northern B.C. launching the first of six ceremonies granting more than 700 credentials.

A Burns Lake area couple's allegations of a conspiracy by the federal government's tax collector to unfairly target them out of jealousy and envy has been dismissed by a B.C.

School District 57 is calling on the public to fill out a short survey to help map out its "strategic direction" over the next five years.

A B.C. Supreme Court trial began Monday for four men accused of assaulting two other men at the Prince George Correctional Centre slightly more than a year ago.

A Smithers lawyer has been ordered to pay a former client $52,260 for breach of contract after he failed to launch a court action for spousal maintenance within the one-year time limit. B.C.

A United Steelworkers official is in Prince George this week seeking names for a petition calling for a public inquiry into the Lakeland Mills and Babine Forest Products sawmill blasts. So far Adam Connell, who hails from Elkford in southeast B.C.

Lane closures on John Hart Bridge will be in effect Tuesday for maintenance work. The northbound lane will be closed from 8 a.m. to noon and the southbound lane from noon to 4 p.m., the Ministry of Transportation said.

Mackenzie police received a report of three overdue hunters on Sunday and as of 8:36 a.m. Tuesday, the hunters have been reported as located. More details as they come. The three men, who left from Anglemont, B.C.

During the University of Northern B.C. 2015 Alumni Awards, UNBC alumni Ray Noonan and Matthew Thomson will be presented with Distinguished Alumni Awards. Community members Mary Kordyban and Dr.