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A new Northern Health position paper on obesity is getting high praise from an expert in the field. Dr. Arya Sharma, a professor of medicine at the University of Alberta, can't say enough good things about the paper released earlier this year.

VICTORIA -- The provincial government agrees that local governments need to have more of a say in the running of BC Transit, the minister responsible announced Tuesday. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Mary Polak delivered the B.C.

Police are certain that Bobby Jack Fowler killed Colleen MacMillen. MacMillen was 16 when she disappeared in 1974 from her Cariboo home. Her murdered body was found about a month later near 100 Mile House. RCMP and U.S.

A convoy of military vehicles rolled through the Prince George area. It was an uncommon sight but army officials said this was no invasion, it was a trip to a training exercise.

School District 57 teachers and school support staff worried about the removal of limits on class composition and class sizes as a result of Bill 22 legislation aired their beefs to trustees at Tuesday's public board meeting.

Brett Reece Alderman has been removed from the country, his spouse confirmed Tuesday, but remains hopeful he will be able return to Prince George and his family.

The Charlie Daniels Band concert scheduled for Oct. 28 at CN Centre has been canceled. No reason for the cancellation was provided but plans to reschedule will be announced at a later date.

VICTORIA -- It was by no means unanimous, but the Union of B.C. Municipalities is pushing ahead with its efforts to lobby the federal government to decriminalize marijuana.

The RCMP have officially linked 18 murdered or missing women to the Highway of Tears in their E-Pana investigation.

More coal is expected to roll through Prince George from the North. A promising coal deposit near Hudson's Hope was studied closely for more than a year and the results released on Sunday.