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The Prince George Service Canada Centre For Youth is hosting its annual Casual Labour Week. The Centre's promoting the odd-job services with information tables set up at Costco, Save On foods in College Heights and Canadian Tire.

The Forest Worker Skills Training Project (APT) which provides skills training to forest workers in the North, ends July 31. The pilot project was funded through a $2 million dollar labour market agreement between the Government of Canada, B.C.

Taseko Mines said Monday the company remains confident that its proposed $800-million Prosperity copper-gold mine in central B.C. will be approved by the federal Conservative cabinet.

The long-awaited women's jail in Prince George is expected to be completed later this month. "Having a facility in Prince George will enable women in northern B.C.

The Tembec pulp mill will be out of service for between 14 and 18 days, resulting in a loss in production of about 10,000 tonnes.

A search warrant to check out theft of hydro on East Beaverly Road led Prince George RCMP to a marijuana grow operation on July 2nd.

The Riverstone Bar and Grill parking lot rumbled with the sound of motorcycles Saturday as Muscle Ride participants arrived at the final stop of their journey. The Muscle Ride is an annual fundraiser for Muscular Dystrophy of Northern B.C.

Police have yet to release the identity of the 26-year-old man who died in a fatal car crash July 1. The single vehicle crash was reported around 8:30 p.m.

Fire crews have the blazes under control at the Tembec pulp mill, just outside of Chetwynd. Late Wednesday afternoon the mill caught fire, followed by several product piles, said Dawson Creek Fire Chief Gordon "Shorty" Smith.

School District 57 was holding an meeting Sunday night to discuss the events at Dunster School last week, said Lyn Hall, board chair. Hall said he had no comment on the situation or what they were discussing at the meeting.