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The bid committee for the Canada Winter Games touches down on Monday in Prince George. This is the first stop on their tour of three B.C. cities vying to be hosts for the games when they come to this province in 2015.

B.C.'s provincial parks will feature arts and cultural events to celebrate its centennial, with $120,000 in provincial funding, announced Minister of Environment Barry Penner and Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Kevin Kreuger.

The 10-year reunion for students who graduated from Prince George scondary school in 2000 is set for Aug. 21 at the Ramada Downtown and tickets are still available, says organizer Keisha Morong. About 150 tickets, at $47.

Construction of Boundary Road begins in earnest this week as a logging crew moves in to clear a path for the connector meant to open up west of the airport for a light-industrial logistics park.

Enbridge, the company that proposes to build a $5.5-billion pipeline through northern B.C., on Tuesday estimated that it has recovered about two thirds of the oil from a major spill in Michigan.

Last month was the third-driest July on record, according to Environment Canada meteorologist Jim Steele in a synopsis issued Tuesday. Total rain added up to 10.

Nominations are now open for Women in Natural Resources awards, presented by the Minerva Foundation for BC Women.

Construction on Boundary Road has begun.

Construction of Boundary Road begins in earnest this week as a logging crew moves in to clear a path for the connector meant to open up west of the airport for a light-industrial logistics park.

Northern Health Authority may cover the greatest geographical region of B.C., but accounted for only three per cent of patient care quality complaints in the province in 2009-10, according to a report released late July.