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The city's unemployment rate stood at 5.4 per cent in April, according to a Statistics Canada labour market survey, as more than 50,000 people held down jobs for the second straight month. Indeed, the number grew by 1,000 to 51,300 from March.

RCMP are investigation a suspicious death in Vanderhoof. Mounties were called to a hotel in the community on Wednesday at about 8 p.m. where an adult had been found dead.

The volume of water flowing through the Fraser River took a downward turn Friday afternoon but officials are continuing to urge caution heading into the long weekend. As of 1 p.m., the river’s level stood at 9.109 metres, down from a peak of 9.

Conservation officers are searching for the culprit after a bear was found wounded but still living after it was shot with an arrow.

In northern B.C., treeplanting is a part of our culture. Beer is also a part of our culture. Planting trees with beer? Yes, also a confirmed part of the culture.

Flooding the likes of which the city has not seen in 46 years could be on its way.

Foam, glass and plastic bags will remain outside the Fraser-Fort George Regional District's purview after directors rejected Thursday proposals to expand the body's recycling services but at a heavy cost.

With flooding breaking out in some areas of B.C. and the fire danger rising in others, residents and visitors are urged to plan their destinations and travel routes carefully and practice campfire safety.

Canada is a global leader in protecting its conserved land from human destruction, but its parks are in danger of being "loved to death" by thousands of people trekking through the backcountry, says a co-author of a study that details the degradation

Call North District RCMP Cst. Kevan Cranmer a drunk driver's worst enemy.