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A long-awaited downsizing in the B.C. Interior lumber sector because of a timber supply decrease from the pine beetle epidemic is expected to hit within three to five years, according to a new report on the impacts on the Interior's sawmills.

Minerals North 2010 Conference on April 21 to 23 will celebrate the past two decades of the mineral industry in northern B.C. The conference is hosted by Initiatives Prince George at the Prince George Civic Centre.

The signing of a community anti-racism protocol to help address incidents of racism and hate was front and centre in Prince George Friday.

The Prince George Childcare Community will hold its fifth annual Childcare Recognition and Awards Gala on April 17 at the Prince George Civic Centre. The gala is sponsored by Childcare Coalition, northern region, and subcommittees.

Western Coal, which has operations in northern B.C., has significant expansion plans for the coming year.

Financially-troubled AbitibiBowater is seeking permission from a Quebec court to sell its sawmill and shuttered newsprint mill in northern B.C. to a subsidiary of B.C.-based Conifex.

Quesnel RCMP nipped in the bud a growing marijuana operation in the 1000 block of Rainbow Road. On March 18, with search warrant in hand, police located a two story residence that featured a large underground bunker being used to produce marijuana.

Two years, two stories, two CBC Literary Awards for Prince George writer Sarah de Leeuw. The CBC announced the annual national writing prizes on Thursday.

David took pic at ceremony. The signing of a community anti-racism protocol to help address incidents of racism and hate was front and centre in Prince George Friday.

Centralizing the French immersion at a single school would "do more harm than good" but if trustees opt for that route, parents from the Spruceland program contend Lakewood would be a better location than John McInnis.