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From its earliest days, northern and central B.C. has skewed to the right side of the political spectrum.

Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies The name is a mouthful, but it's probably only right that such a large riding (243,588 square kilometres with just 107,380 residents) has such a long title.

Highway 97 will be reduced to single-lane alternating traffic one kilometre south of Salmon Valley from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. today to allow for paving along the section, according to the Ministry of Transportation's DriveBC service.

The B.C. Wildfire Management Branch is keeping an eye on a forest fire that broke out earlier this week 30 kilometres west of Tumbler Ridge.

The pilot of a cargo plane destined for Prince George that crashed in the North Shore mountains was flying with a blood-alcohol level well over the legal limit. Post-mortem testing revealed Robert Brandt, 34, had a blood-alcohol limit of .

The scene of a fatal rollover that involved a semi truck transporting hazardous material is now clear, the Ministry of Transportation's DriveBC service said shortly before 11:30 a.m.

The city's unemployment rate stood at 7.8 per cent in July, according to the latest Statistics Canada labour market survey results. That's up from 6.

A Fort St. James man died last week while on a fishing trip north of Smithers, the B.C. Coroners Service said Tuesday. Mitchell George Lazarre, 49, went missing on Aug.

Work began on 14 new single family homes in Prince George and area last month, according to a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation monthly report.

Sheldon Clare touted himself as a "hardware-store conservative" on Tuesday in announcing his run as an independent candidate for Cariboo-Prince George in October's federal election.