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Bob Zimmer has been elected vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

A five-year-old boy has been awarded $31,000 in court for emotional suffering after his mother crashed a car four years ago because she was driving too fast in winter.

A vehicle incident one kilometre west of Houston has reduced Highway 16 to single-lane alternating in that area, according to a DriveBC bulletin posted shortly after 7 a.m.

With the launch of its open data portal Monday, Prince George has joined a small group of B.C. communities committed to putting information onto the screens of its citizens.

No hens will come home to roost in Prince George after councillors defeated a motion Monday night to bring them to city dweller's backyards. "Leave chickens on the farm where they belong," said Coun.

Without the language to define abuse, there is no way to gather statistics in Canada said Dr.

This is not the traditional territory of the Nadleh Whut'en First Nation, but a large contingent of their people came to Prince George this past week to sign an agreement for a pipeline to pass through their historic lands.

Employees affected by the explosions that destroyed the Lakeland and Babine sawmills three years ago are barred from bringing a class action lawsuit against WorkSafeBC, the agency says in a response filed last week.

The contractors who will be building the Site C dam will have several hundred more resumes to add to the thousands they will sift through following a job fair in Prince George on Monday.

In a response to a lawsuit launched by its former chief executive officer, the Northern B.C. Tourism Association is denying Anthony Everett's claim he was unfairly dismissed from his job.