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Northgate Minerals has increased its estimate of the amount of gold and copper in a prospective underground mine in northern B.C.

For the past nine years the Tour de North has followed the east to west route from Prince George to Prince Rupert, stopping in ten communities across northern British Columbia.

Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond says she'll take northern school board trustees concerns about the provincial government's carbon offset policy to Victoria but is stopping short of making any promises.

B.C. Solicitor General Rich Coleman said Thursday he made no financial commitments to charities in Prince George that gaming grant funding levels would be restored to 2009 levels. "I can't do that on behalf of government," he told The Citizen.

Mackenzie's campaign to become Canada's next Hockeyville is gaining momentum.

College Heights resident Henry Jensen wants to know why drivers on Domano Boulevard are being left in the dark. Nine streetlights on Domano Boulevard between College Heights secondary school and Highway 16 have been out since late 2010, Jensen said.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. posted a profit of $166 million in 2010, significantly improved over the previous year despite the continuing poor housing market in the U.S. The company, which has extensive operations in north and central B.C.

This next installation of The Citizen's safer driver series looks at the proper procedures to take when encountering an emergency vehicle.

The relationship between First Nations people and Northern Health took on a brighter glow Thursday during the official lighting of a large red cedar wall-plaque carving depicting the five Aboriginal clans in the Northern Interior Health area.

Members of the BC Nurses Union are rallying, holding a "wear black" campaign and lobbying politicians in a bid to draw attention to what they describe as ongoing overcrowding and understaffing at University Hospital of Northern B.C. in Prince George.