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An emotionally-wrenching account of the events leading up to the death of a woman at the hands of her common-law spouse on the Nadleh reserve drew sobs and tears in a packed-to-overflowing courtroom during a sentencing hearing on Wednesday.

Nearly $38 million worth of improvements to Highway 16 West have been added to the job jar. Representatives of the federal and provincial governments announced the commitment Tuesday in Terrace.

Two rest areas along Highway 16 will get free Wi-Fi, the provincial government said Tuesday. The service will be up and running at Mount Terry Fox, six km east of Tete Jaune, and at Glacier View, seven km north of Smithers, by spring 2017.

Signs of a fir bark beetle outbreak are emerging in a forested area within city limits.

A Fort St. James man was sentenced Tuesday to a further six months in jail for ramming an RCMP vehicle and forcing an early-morning pursuit through the city's Bowl-area streets earlier this year.

As much as 15 centimetres of snow is expected to fall on the Pine Pass, according to an alert Environment Canada issued late Tuesday morning. "Total snowfall amount of 10 cm is expected today and another five cm tonight," Environment Canada said.

Highway 39 to Mackenzie was closed and one person was injured Tuesday morning following a two-vehicle collision about 10 kilometres north of the junction with Highway 97. The extent of the victim's injuries are unknown.

Residents called for more housing and more of the same when it came to downtown revitalization at Monday night's Talktober event.

This was one fight Harold Mann couldn't win. Mann, a Prince George boxing legend who punched his way to international gold at the 1962 British Empire Games, died on Sunday at the age of 78.

A 31-year-old Prince George man was sentenced Monday to a further three years and 7 1/2 months in prison for a series of sex-related offences against two women and two teenage stepdaughters.