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BC Hydro customers will be able to spread the cost of heating their homes over six months under a winter payment plan, the utility said Monday.

The city's unemployment rate stood at 7.1 per cent in December, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers. The figure is up from 6.

Finance Minister Michael de Jong is hosting a telephone town hall tonight for northern B.C. residents to get their input on the 2017 provincial budget. It starts at 7 p.m. and those interested must sign up through engage.gov.bc.

The rise in the typical selling price for a single family home was more than offset by a decline in the number of sales, year-end figures from the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board are showing.

Police are asking for the public's help in tracking down those behind a string of deliberate damage to vehicles this past weekend. Broken tail lights, head lights, smashed windows and dents were all reported to have occurred along St.

An alleged bomb maker who failed to appear in court for the first day of his trial is back in custody.

A Prince George man previously found guilty of sexually interfering with a minor was sentenced Monday to 14 months in jail followed by 30 months probation for the offence.

A 35-year-old Dawson Creek man faces several charges as the suspect of a crime spree Saturday night that included colliding with two police vehicles.

Vancouverites have been in a mad rush to get salt as the city experiences a rare extended period of snow and icy weather. At one fire hall, there was a miniature riot as a pile of free salt was snapped up by area residents in only five minutes.

The College of New Caledonia will be getting a new board of governors chair. Jason Fisher, whose term ended Dec.