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Three days after it was first issued, an air quality advisory remained in effect, the Ministry of Environment said Friday afternoon. Transit in Prince George also remained free as par of the city's Free Fare for Clean Air program.

New colleagues Andy, Annie and Annie will join the team in the nursing education department to enhance the hands-on experience offered to students as part of their training at the University of Northern B.C.

Avalanche Canada is continuing to advise caution for backcountry enthusiasts heading out into the mountains this weekend.

Increased fines for a variety of wildfire-related violation tickets came into force today.

Draw date for Spruce Kings Show Home is April 18

The senior administration at University of Northern B.C. took a more permanent shape as it announced two new hires. Tim Tribe, after seven years as chief development officer at Conestoga College in Kitchener Ont.

Even if aboriginal oral history is recorded, it still might need a second step to ensure it's saved. A new program, dubbed Indigitization, aims to help northern First Nations communities preserve that history in a digital form.

It's 1995. A few months have passed since the March headlines with the revelation that the naked, screaming girl in the photo that defined the Vietnam War lives in Canada. A phone rings and Denise Chong picks up.

The Prince George Legion presents a Vimy Ridge dinner on April 9 featuring a turkey dinner buffet with presentations by the Rocky Mountain Ranger Cadets including guest speakers.

An environmental assessment process for limestone quarry and lime plant proposed for a site near Giscome has been put on hold to give its owners time to review the impact of using a haul truck rather than a conveyor to transport stone to the plant.