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A provincial representative of B.C.'s resident doctors was in Prince George, Aug. 30, to take the temperature of this town's members.

An effort to sentence a violent criminal for a bizarre incident in Valemount three years ago has hit a snag. A sentencing hearing set for Friday was put off until later this month after Timothy Shawn Preddy told the court he has fired his lawyer.

Eight years ago, Variety - The Children's Charity was there for the Couroux family, who had recently received the news one of their young daughters had cerebral palsy.

All year long, kids need drivers to be focused on safety in school zones, but especially in the first week of the new school year.

With the competition for participants so high, it's the simplicity of this month's Terry Fox Run which drives its success.

A Calgary-based company is making progress on establishing a geothermal power plant south of Valemount.

A Terrace youth with an alleged penchant for thieving from cars has been arrested by Mounties in Prince George. Allan Douglas Nigh, 20, is a former resident of the Skeena city and now lives in the northern capital.

A man who was alleged to have rammed three police cars with a stolen truck was sentenced to 30 days in jail this week.

After years of woe, things could finally be looking up for the forest industry. Analysts like Russ Taylor and Paul Quinn are using the term "supercycle" to describe to what may lie ahead for the once-beleaguered sector.

Prince George fire fighters will be holding out their boots to raise money in support of Muscular Dystrophy Canada on Sept. 9 and 10. They will be in front of Walmart, any of the four Save on Foods locations, Costco, and Pine Centre Mall from 9 a.m.