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Northern Medical Program student Michiko Maruyama was presented the Rising Star Health Service Award at the Dr. Bob Ewert Memorial Lecture and Dinner on Saturday. But judo, art and design, not medicine, were Maruyama's first callings.

The federal government's final decision on the Northern Gateway pipeline is still weeks away, but the rhetoric between two regional MPs on opposite sides of the issue is ramping up.

The standard of care for people living with diabetes should be the same across the country, say advocates.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Northern Medical Program and the Northern Medical Programs Trust. In 2004 the first class of medical students began training at UBC before coming to UNBC in 2005. UNBC vice-provost of medicine Dr.

Honks of support rang out along a section of Highway 97 Sunday afternoon where about a dozen people gathered to protest a recent piece of provincial legislation.

As a shy kid growing up in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, nobody would have thought Colin Angus would go on to become an adventurer and best-selling travel author.

A lumber giant already well established in the local region has been growing in recent weeks. Founded in Quesnel, with corporate offices in Vancouver and Tennessee, West Fraser made more U.S. acquisitions this week.

The Wheelin' Warriors of the North are gearing up for their second crack at the Ride to Conquer Cancer.

The federal government has chipped in $335,000 to help pay for planned renovations to the Civic Centre Plaza in advance of the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

Prince George RCMP have stepped up enforcement downtown in answer to the annual surge in trouble that comes with the onset of spring.