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The measuring stick for northern B.C. is still made out of wood, but northern B.C. wood is making a lot more than sticks these days.

In the time it takes a downtown Vancouver resident to get to the nearest Ikea store, a Prince George resident can go from the centre of the city to the region's rural, agricultural community.

If Whitney Anderson has her way, there will come a time when even if you wanted to use a hand-held smartphone while behind the wheel, you won't be able to.

Bree-Anna Robertson has a mischievous look that speaks volumes and with the help of the latest technology that offers her alternative communication, she also has a way to express that spirit that quite literally shines through her expressive eyes.

Gaming funds were set aside for 18 agriculture fairs across B.C. and it was announced this week by government that the BC Northern Exhibition was one of them.

The longest standing employee of the YMCA of Northern B.C. knows why the organization has enjoyed 50 years of success. "It's the people," said Sharon Pepper, currently the member services coordinator.

Even though death is the irrefutable, inevitable, unavoidable conclusion to life, people seem to have a hard time coming to terms with their own - and others' - mortality.

The long road to recovery for Trent Seymour, the teenaged athlete paralyzed this fall when he was shot in the back in a hunting accident, received a boost when Canadian icon Rick Hansen paid a bedside visit earlier this month.

It was a close shave, but George the Barber will get to celebrate his 50th anniversary in business at the same location after all.

Prince George paid tribute to two fallen soldiers, killed in separate terrorist attacks last week, during a ceremony at the Cenotaph on Saturday.