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Award-winning poet to read at CNC

Acclaimed poet Fred Wah will be in Prince George to give a reading.

Slips, trips and broken hips

B.C.'s fourth annual Seniors' Falls Prevention Awareness Week runs until Sunday.

SNHCF annual meeting results

During 19th annual meeting reporting, members of Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation learned the organization grossed revenues totalling $2,771,234 from which $1.356,344 were issued in grants to University Hospital of Northern B.C.

Couple and son ordered to pay McBride couple $15,000

A McBride couple and their son have been ordered to pay a neighbouring couple $15,000 in damages for the "annoyance and discomfort" they endured when a dispute over access to some hayfields got out of hand.

Federal government rejects $800-million Prosperity mine

The federal government today rejected Taseko's contentious $800-million Prosperity gold and copper mine near Williams Lake over concerns about significant adverse environmental impacts of the project. The B.C.
UNBC craft fair packed

UNBC craft fair packed

Hundreds of people shuffled shoulder-to-shoulder around the halls at the annual craft fair held over the weekend at the University of Northern British Columbia.

B.C. lumber interest signs another deal in China

B.C. lumber will be a key component of mid-rise residential buildings to be built in Tianjin, which B.C. Forests Minister Pat Bell hopes will be a break-through into an expanding higher-value lumber market.

Tackling lymphoma

The BC Cancer Foundation is thrilled to announce that its 2010 Inspiration Gala Sunday night raised a record $2.69 million to fund a new, and first-of-its-kind, lymphoma research project in B.C. at the BC Cancer Agency.

Used Christmas trees wanted

Don't throw out that ratty old artificial Christmas tree just yet. Tourism Prince George wants to use it to bring the magic of Christmas to vacant store fronts in the downtown area.

Police get their man

Terrace and North District RCMP have successfully arrested a 30-year-old Terrace man following a man hunt and stand off that closed Highway 16 West between Terrace and Kitwanga on Monday.