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BURNS LAKE — A former Babine Forest Products employee described to a coroner's inquest Friday a "chaotic" situation in the days immediately before the explosion that destroyed the Burns Lake sawmill and killed two workers.

Prince George Fire Rescue quickly snuffed out a vehicle fire Thursday night. Around 8:30 p.m., firefighters responded to the 3200 block of the Hart Highway where they found a minivan fully engulfed.

A man is dead following a police-involved shooting at a Site C open house event in Dawson Creek Thursday night. The Independent Investigations Office confirmed the death to the Alaska Highway News.

Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Mike Morris has a new assignment.

Eleven city streets are currently getting a fresh coat. The city began microsurfacing operations Thursday, and is expected to continue for the next week, weather permitting.

BURNS LAKE — The air inside a Burns Lake sawmill was so filled with static electricity on the day it was destroyed that hair was seen standing on end, a survivor of the blast told a coroner's inquest into the fatal explosion on Thursday.

The same day Canada's premiers stood united to take on recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the B.C. government's attempt to improve safety on the Highway of Tears was called into question.

BURNS LAKE — Babine Forest Products management reprimanded an employee after he posted a letter on a bulletin board raising concern about air quality in the sawmill, a coroner's inquest heard Thursday. George George wrote the letter on Dec.

BURNS LAKE — In the days leading up to the coroner's inquest into the Babine Forest Products explosion, Robert Luggi's widow relied on her family to calm her nerves and distract her tears.

Two Prince George residents have been charged in connection with a truck stolen from the Okanagan. Around 7:15 p.m.