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Binding arbitration - when it comes to the University of Northern B.C. and its faculty - will set a new precedent when it comes to first collective agreements in B.C.

A minor vehicle Incident on Highway 16 10 km west of McBride has reduced traffic in that area to single-lane alternating, DriveBC said in an alert issued at 10:14 a.m. A motorhome overheated and caught fire, North District RCMP Cst.

Ever since it opened in January 2014, the size of the playing surface at Kin 1 arena has been fixed at Olympic dimensions. The rink at the $16 million facility was set at 200-feet (61-metre) long and 100-feet (30.5-metre) wide, which is 15 feet (4.

Plans to build a new park behind the Wood Innovation and Design Centre downtown were immediately met with concerns over the space being a potential new hotbed for criminal activity, but it doesn't raise any flags for local law enforcement.

The Wildfire Management Branch is encouraging the public to exercise caution with any outdoor burning, due to dry and windy conditions. The Prince George Fire Centre has responded to eight wildfires since April 1.

Meetings are big business. So many industries hold conferences and seminars that they are now recognized as their own industry, and it is one of the sectors Prince George is best at.

Prince George resident Louis Dery was honoured with a Public Safety Lifeline Volunteer award Tuesday at the B.C. Legislature for his work with B.C.'s Provincial Emergency Program Air.

The Community Care Centre is suspending all patient intakes and may close entirely at the end of June if it can't find new funding.

An energy expert is in town to talk myths that mess with our understanding of the natural gas industry.

Two B.C. First Nations will be able to take their claims against Rio Tinto Alcan to trial, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled.