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Class is in session today for the first time in two weeks after UNBC administration called in the Labour Relations Board to suspend the faculty strike and bring back mediation.

It was a surreal experience just answering the telephone for Sharon Jabusch on Thursday afternoon. Her phone rang shortly after 3 p.m. and on the other end of the line was Kelsey Knowles, a staff representative of the Prince George Spruce Kings.

RCMP took two-and-a-half days to decide no criminal offence was committed following the Lakeland Mills explosion, a coroner's inquest into the incident heard Thursday. Prince George RCMP Sgt.

The provincial government's new blueprint for transportation improvements includes a commitment to complete the second phase of the Cariboo Connector within the next decade. Entitled B.C. on the Move, the 10-year plan highlights $2.

One of the two judges newly appointed to the provincial courts began their law career in Prince George.

As UNBC's strike pushes into the third week, a number of student groups have turned their anger to the provincial government, arguing the post-secondary system is underfunded.

Prince George is out two daycares and one preschool after a raft of closures announced in the last week from the Child Development Centre, the College of New Caledonia and the Community Arts Council.

The University of Northern British Columbia applied to the Labour Relations Board to suspend strike activity even though a first collective agreement has not been reached through negotiations.

Two WorkSafe B.C. inspectors visited the Lakeland Mills sawmill in response to an anonymous complaint that the facility could become the "next Babine sawmill" but did not take any action, a coroner's inquest heard Wednesday.

A local man wanted for a variety of charges was arrested at a Prince George residence, thanks to help from the public. Shaun Ray Peter, 26, was taken into custody on Tuesday night after a warrant was issued for his arrest on March 5.