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Relief only began to describe how Ruth Shaw felt Thursday upon learning the evacuation order for Williams Lake and some outlying areas had been lifted.

The WS Community Farmer's Market is holding a fundraiser Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for those affected by forest fires. For sale by donation is a pesto chicken and scrambled egg baguette. All proceeds will be donated to the fire-relief fund.

Alex Huber said he got a lot of cross-eyed looks at the meeting Tuesday night when, as president of the British Columbia Northern Exhibition (BCNE) board of directors, he even suggested canceling this year's fair.

Raising the legal smoking age in Canada is on the table after it was increased to 21 in many states south of the border.

Mental health and addictions support systems have been an essential part of the health care and emergency social services offered at CNC and other shared living space for evacuees forced to flee the Cariboo wildfires.

A Prince George woman known to the police and courts is in custody after Clearwater RCMP conducting wildfire-area patrols on Highway 5 allegedly found two handguns in the vehicle she was driving.

Forest fire evacuees who have been staying at the College of New Caledonia were relocated to the Northern Sport Centre at University of Northern British Columbia on Wednesday.

A ban on the public venturing near the Sutherland Road forest fire was lifted this week.

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. will pursue a new energy project at its Northwood mill in Prince George. A new 32-megawatt condensing turbo-generator will be installed at the plant at an estimated cost of $65 million, the company said Thursday.

Executive director of the Multicultural Heritage Society of Prince George thought it would be a nice way to commemorate Canada's 150 by honouring the first girl and boy born on July 1 in Prince George with a gift.