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Northern Health is opening up about a mistake found in the cleaning of endoscopes at the University Hospital of Northern B.C.

Highway 16 West is down to single-lane alternating at two spots today. The locations are an 11-km stretch from six km east of Fraser Lake to five km west of Fraser Lake from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at at five km east of Burns Lake from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union native courtworker members have ratified a new collective agreement with the Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia. The agreement, which came into effect on Jan.

Three new members of the community have been added to the board of the Prince George Airport Authority. Board chair Les Waldie announced Tuesday that the new directors had been officially ensconced in the group.

A man with a history of convictions for fraud is now facing charges in Prince George.

City crews have so far been meeting the new timelines set out for snow-clearing, according to the associate director of public works.

Despite fears of the flu escalating in the province and across the country, northern B.C. has hardly been hit. H3N2 is this year’s most common strain, said Northern Health Medical Health Officer Dr. William Osei, while last year’s was H1N1.

Getting the word out about healthy northern living got a little friendlier with Tuesday’s unveiling of a caribou mascot for Northern Health.

Prince George’s six-year graduation rate is more than 10 per cent behind the rest of the province. The latest numbers from District 57 show 72.

A Prince George man already facing charges as a result of the seizure of a cache of guns in May is facing new charges.