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An air quality advisory issued Thursday afternoon was continued this morning. The advisory was issued because of high levels of fine particulate air pollution due mainly to road dust, said the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Northern Health.

Developers of the Commonwealth Health Centre say they want to meet and beat the city's requirement for six townhouses and instead are aiming for a 40- to 60-unit residential and retail complex on the Sixth and Quebec downtown property.

Two women were pronounced dead at the scene after their vehicle crossed the centre line and collided head on with an east-bound five-ton truck on Highway 16 West near Mapes Road east of Vanderhoof Thursday night at about 9:13.

A chemical-fuelled blaze turned Eric's World of Leisure into a pillar of fire and smoke that could be seen from the hospital Friday night.

Shooting flames drove back firefighters and fears of volatile chemicals forced police to evacuate at least one city block as a blaze struck a Quebec Street business Friday night.

The hard-hit forest-based community of Mackenzie took another step today towards recovery as its shuttered pulp mill, down for two years, was purchased by Asian-giant Sinarmas.

The Prince George Walmart stepped into a new era on Friday when a grand opening was held for a $7-million expansion and upgrade to become the latest addition to the big box chain's growing family of Supercentres.

The controversy over the proposal to spread biosolids on a tree farm in the Red Rock area raised its head at the Fraser-Fort George Regional District board of directors meeting on Thursday.

The B.C. Ministry of Environment and Northern Health issued the first air quality advisory of the year this afternoon. The advisory was issued because of high levels of fine particulate air pollution due mainly to road dust, said the agencies.

Baldy Hughes Therapeutic has received a $37,500 grant from the Spirit of the North Health Care Foundation to bring medical services to the facility.