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New rules regulating where in the city federally licenced medical marijuana grow operations can set up shop were given the green light Monday.

NDP Advanced Education critic Kathy Corrigan isn't surprised to hear the College of New Caledonia is facing a choice to cut - or suspend - programs in order to balance its $2.8-million deficit.

Lakeland Mills was warned about the risk of an explosion caused by pine sawdust just 11 days before the April 2012 blast that leveled its sawmill and killed two workers, a coroner's inquest heard Monday.

Seventeen past and present research chairs have written to UNBC's administration in objection to what they call a merit-based approach to compensation.

One of the founders of the College of New Caledonia's dental program is questioning the proposal to suspend intake for students hoping to become dental assistants or hygienists.

The explosive potential of wood dust has long been recognized in the United States, an expert told a coroner's inquest into the Lakeland Mills disaster on Monday.

A Chetwynd man who participated in the QuitNow B.C. Campaign to quit smoking has won $2,500 in cash from the B.C. Lung Association.

When Emily O'Reilly was called on to the Taiwanese stage, she didn't understand the words in Mandarin surrounding her name.

UNBC students spoke, clapped, sang and even invoked monstrous legendary creatures to show support for striking university faculty during a rally at the Prince George courthouse Saturday.

Hydro crews were still busy restoring power to thousands of customers Sunday after a major windstorm swept across the province on Sunday. Bob Gammer, B.C. Hydro's Community Relations Manager for northern B.C.