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Backcountry avalanche workshop could save your life

Prince George-based Barker Minerals has entered an agreement to purchase the Spanish Creek Property mineral claim near Williams Lake.

Dallas Shane Mayert and his friend (name not yet disclosed) were experienced snowmobilers out enjoying early-season sledding on Torpy Mountain when an avalanche struck. It was Sunday at about 2:30 p.m.

There are plenty of gently used scrubs for sale at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. today The sale, open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., is the culmination of the third successful lightly-scrubbed scrub collection drive that began Oct.

A legal tit-for-tat between Taseko Mines Ltd. and the Tsilhqot'in Nation has broken out.

The monster surge in sales of B.C. lumber into China will start to tail off, forest industry observers are warning.

A group of kids is safe after the school bus carrying them collided with a car on Ness Lake Road just past the Chief Lake turn off a few hours ago.

Prince George residents are mourning the loss of longtime auto racing star Dallas Mayert. The 40-year-old husband and father of two young boys was killed in the Sunday avalanche in the Torpy Mountain recreational area.

Running for councillor

Some guns stolen from homes around the community have been recovered, in the hands of the drug industry.