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Voters who have concerns over the location of their polling stations are out of time to have changes made.

The Supreme Court of Canada denied Thursday Rio Tinto Alcan's appeal of a lower court decision allowing two north-central B.C. First Nations to sue the company over its diversion of water from the Nechako River since the 1950s.

School District 57 is hosting a rural education forum this weekend, bringing together northern school boards with government to talk about the unique needs of their communities.

The second of two men RCMP allegedly found inside an empty warehouse where police were to hold a training exercise has been sentenced to a year probation. Marc Philip Joseph Bock, 41, was issued the term Wednesday in Prince George provincial court.

Annie Kibonge has never had the chance to vote in a general election. By the time her home country of Congo had settled into a democratic republic after decades of dictator rule in 2006, Kibonge had already left for South Africa.

Leadership in the local visual arts scene is about to change, yet stay familiar. The Two Rivers Gallery announced Thursday that longtime managing director Peter Thompson is leaving his position.

More than 20,700 voters in the Cariboo-Prince George and Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies ridings were estimated to have visited the polls over the Thanksgiving long weekend.

Growing on the success of past years, there will be even more to see and do at this year's Healthier You Expo, set for Sunday at the Prince George Civic Centre.

Hockey for Hospice. No, it's not a game. It's cool stuff like a signed Alex Burrows Vancouver Canucks jersey up for silent auction, along with a funky bench made out of hockey sticks.

Scott Bone is the new chief executive officer for the Prince George Construction Association.