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The long-awaited women's jail in Prince George is expected to be completed later this month. "Having a facility in Prince George will enable women in northern B.C.

City Council faces pressure to approve funding for the Downtown Business Improvement Association at Monday night's meeting. Council agreed to support the DBIA with annual funding in the amount of $200,000 provided there was a detailed budget.

Nobody is prouder than the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Canada day.

A 27-year-old man has died from injuries suffered in a weekend motor vehicle accident in Prince George. On July 4 at about 1 a.m.

The province's forestry watchdog is taking a closer look at how prepared forest companies are to deal with accidental fires. The B.C. Forest Practices Board will carry out the work as part of its audits of forestry operations this summer.

A delegation of First Nations from northern B.C. panned Enbridge's proposed $5.5-billion pipeline project in northern B.C. following a visit to the Gulf of Mexico deep-water oil spill.

The Prince George Service Canada Centre For Youth is hosting its annual Casual Labour Week. The Centre's promoting the odd-job services with information tables set up at Costco, Save On foods in College Heights and Canadian Tire.

The Forest Worker Skills Training Project (APT) which provides skills training to forest workers in the North, ends July 31. The pilot project was funded through a $2 million dollar labour market agreement between the Government of Canada, B.C.

Taseko Mines said Monday the company remains confident that its proposed $800-million Prosperity copper-gold mine in central B.C. will be approved by the federal Conservative cabinet.

The long-awaited women's jail in Prince George is expected to be completed later this month. "Having a facility in Prince George will enable women in northern B.C.