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B.C. lumber will be a key component of mid-rise residential buildings to be built in Tianjin, which B.C. Forests Minister Pat Bell hopes will be a break-through into an expanding higher-value lumber market.

The BC Cancer Foundation is thrilled to announce that its 2010 Inspiration Gala Sunday night raised a record $2.69 million to fund a new, and first-of-its-kind, lymphoma research project in B.C. at the BC Cancer Agency.

Don't throw out that ratty old artificial Christmas tree just yet. Tourism Prince George wants to use it to bring the magic of Christmas to vacant store fronts in the downtown area.

Terrace and North District RCMP have successfully arrested a 30-year-old Terrace man following a man hunt and stand off that closed Highway 16 West between Terrace and Kitwanga on Monday.

Rona, Capital Building Supplies in Prince George, has won a national outstanding retailer award for 2010. Rona captured the Outstanding Community Leader from among about 700 Rona stores across Canada.

The Goldpan City might want to change its nickname.

City facing gang crisis summit hears

The first public exhibit of the year by CNC's Fine Arts students is now on display in the Prince George campus library.

Prince George Citizen reporter Gord Hoekstra has won the Jack Webster Award for excellence business, industry and economics reporting.

Lorraine Grant of Prince George has been elected vice-chair of the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia's board of directors. Grant, who began a two-year term on the CRNBC on Sept. 1 was elected to the board on Oct. 1.