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Thompson Creek Metals has pre-sold a further 15 per cent of its future gold production from the Mount Milligan gold and copper mine to precious metals royalty company Royal Gold.

After an afternoon of sleepy cat and mouse, Prince George RCMP arrested a prolific offender with a history of vehicle thefts and dangerous police pursuits.

The Prince George RCMP are looking for a suspect following an early morning stabbing. Shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday morning, police received a call from staff at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. regarding a 21-year-old stabbing victim.

With sawmills closing permanently and the forest industry shredded by pine beetles and low market demand, mining is fast becoming a lifeline to workers in Northern B.C. seeking employment.

Monday marks the second anniversary since the Northern Thunderbird Air hangar went up in flames at the Prince George Airport, and the day the building's co-owner, Vern Martin, went missing.

Three Calgary men were put in Prince George handcuffs, and their Upper Mud River Road property put under police seal for allegedly running a drug plantation.

For hospital administrator Michael McMillan, the emergency room at University Hospital of Northern B.C. is a canary in a coal mine.

With the damning story in Maclean's magazine this week highlighting Prince George's high rates in some categories of crime during 2010, the Prince George RCMP researched how the statistics look for 2011 as a preview of next year's possible results in

Cain Franson had a pair of goals as the Vancouver Giants beating the Prince George Cougars 3-1 on Saturday at CN Centre.

After a day of monsoon-like conditions Friday and Saturday, Prince George residents were looking forward to the return of sunny weather on Sunday.