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The black bear general open season hunt on Haida Gwaii is closed and is being replaced by a limited entry hunt, effective immediately, the provincial government said Thursday.

The Performers North dance group is fundraising for their annual festival pursuits.

The provincial Ministry of Education announced Wednesday it would be changing the electoral makeup of School District 57, effectively establishing a ward system with one representative each for Mackenzie and the Robson Valley.

A man who was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in an attack near Connaught Hill has lost his bid for an acquittal or a new trial. William Garfield Garnot had appealed the outcome, reached in 2011 by B.C.

Single-family homes sold for $355,639 on average during the first three months of the year, according to B.C. Northern Real Estate Board numbers released Wednesday.

First responders with post traumatic stress disorder will no longer have to prove their condition is a result of their job under new legislation introduced Wednesday by the province's Labour Minister.

After two school-related social media hoaxes in less than two weeks, School District 57's superintendent is hoping that the shock effect of such incidents will soon be replaced by annoyance on the part of students.

A ban on large-scale open burning is about to be imposed on the Cariboo Fire Centre for the next five months following last summer's bout of major forest fires.

Prince George RCMP had no trouble finding distracted drivers during a two-month enforcement campaign. Over February and March, tickets for the offence were issued to more than 100 motorists, according to numbers released Wednesday.

Prince George RCMP are asking for the public's help to solve a nine-year-old murder mystery. It was on April 11, 2009 2009 that Vernon Darcy Baker, 44, showed up at 2300-block Victoria Street home seeking help for a stab wound to his chest.