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Heavy rainfall in the Dawson Creek area Thursday and Friday is causing havoc on area highways. Floodwaters washed out a bridge crossing Fisher Creek, 52 km south of Chetwynd early Saturday.

Catherine Ulrich was the highest paid employee at Northern Health but was still well down the list when compared to colleagues in health authorities across the province In 2009-10, Ulrich earned $303,014 in remuneration and accounted for another $34,

The annual Gospel Tent Revival, hosted by the Return to Jesus Christ Ministries will be held June 30 to July 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Carney Hill school grounds at the corner of Victoria Street and Diefenbaker.

The Portrait of Honour tour is travelling across Canada for the first time and making a stop in Prince George. The 50-foot long portrait was designed with the goal of making Canadians remember troops that have died in Afghanistan.

Yes, it's free and it's legal. That's why it's called Freegal. The Prince George Library has a new music database where library card holders can download as many as three songs per week from the Sony Music catalogue at no charge.

NovaGold and Teck Resources have approved a $30.5 million budget to carry out further work in 2011 on their jointly-owned Galore Creek project in Northern B.C.

Striking Finning workers in Prince George said they are prepared to stay off the job as long as it takes for the company to meet their demands, which includes wage increases.

A group of rural parents have some ideas for improving School District 57's busing system while also keeping costs down.

Fawn Lake is known for its great spring and fall fishery. The lake can be shallow in spots, and is best fished in cooler temperatures. Early in the season, chironomids are the preferred fly pattern. Try an ice cream cone pattern with an olive body.

Police are treating as suspicious a series of fires that destroyed nearly half the buildings in Lamming Mills, an abandoned townsite roughly 10 kilometres west of McBride.