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Prince George community and business leaders delivered a priority list of action items, including on a promised Wood Innovation and Design Centre downtown, to B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell at a closed-door session Thursday.

Nominations are now open for Women in Natural Resources, presented by the Minerva Foundation for BC Women.

As plane climbed higher and I saw my altimeter read 3,000 feet, it hit me. I was expected to crawl out onto the wing of the plane and simply 'let go.

Enbridge, the company that has proposed a $5.5-billion pipeline project in northern B.C., said Wednesday it was doubling the number of its workers at a major oil pipeline spill in Michigan.

Another report has surfaced, predicting a drop in the mid-term timber supply from the mountain pine beetle epidemic will bring with it a reduction in forestry jobs in B.C.'s Interior.

The Prince George Service Canada Centre for Youth has filled 207 summer job vacancies so far this summer, according to Kyle Flanagan, the centre's youth service officer.

Carolyn Mark will appear at Cafe Voltaire on Friday at 8 p.m. Let's Just Stay Here, a record she made with NQ Arbuckye, was nominated for a Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year in 2009.

The Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table is funding the training of workers at the Prince George Airport to help boost the Northern Gateway's cargo activities.

Prince George chartered accountant Sheila Nelson, has been elected to the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia (ICABC) for the 2010/11 Council year.

Friday the 13th will be a lucky day for fairgoers who attend the Rock Show at the PGX.