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The number of passengers passing through Prince George Airport hit an unprecedented level in 2012. A record-breaking 418,589 used YXS, beating the old standard set in 2008 by 1,105 passengers.

A better inventory is about to be done of the Robson Valley's supply of timber.

People from all over the world attended the B.C. Natural Resources Forum this week, but the top ranking international diplomat was the province's British consul general.

The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died as a result of a snowmobile incident that occurred near Valemount this week as Richard Allan McDonald, 61, of Kamloops.

New detachment two-thirds done

Carrier Lumber captured the Exporter of the Year category and New Gold mining corporation was named the Prospector or Developer of the Year at Northern B.C. Business and Technology Awards on Wednesday, part of the annual B.C. Natural Resource Forum.

For every dollar a B.C. employer invests in training an apprentice, that employer receives an average $1.47 in return.

The current B.C. auditor general was doing too good a job to be reappointed by a Liberal government, charged a local NDP candidate.

Using forestry techniques to reduce the risk of wildfire is part of the plan to get as much mid-term timber supply as possible out of the provincial forest.

Six persons are in custody and one person remained in hospital Thursday after what Prince George RCMP are alleging was a horrific sexual assault of a male youth in the city earlier this week.