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The B.C. Ministry of Environment and Northern Health issued the first air quality advisory of the year this afternoon. The advisory was issued because of high levels of fine particulate air pollution due mainly to road dust, said the agencies.

Baldy Hughes Therapeutic has received a $37,500 grant from the Spirit of the North Health Care Foundation to bring medical services to the facility.

A Prince George company wants to build a "biocarbon" plant in Isle Pierre that would convert wood waste into the "next generation" of energy pellet.

Wiebo Ludwig warned the RCMP's national security team there would be more bombings of oil and gas facilities in the Dawson Creek area, the eco-activist said Thursday.

A news conference has been scheduled in Prince George Friday morning for a "major forestry" announcement, expected to be the sale of the Mackenzie Pulp mill to an Asian buyer. According to a media advisory, B.C.

After nine months of silence, the offer of a million-dollar bounty and a massive search of the farm of a convicted eco-saboteur, the Dawson Creek Daily News received another letter Wednesday afternoon purporting to be from the Tomslake pipeline bombe

The RCMP will be strengthening its presence in the Dawson Creek area in the wake of the appearance of another letter suspected to be from the Tomslake pipeline bomber.

It is still unclear if Hillary Clinton was aware of the pending burial of a Prince George soldier when she made controversial comments about Canada's involvement in Afghanistan, but a spokesperson for the U.S.

A round-the-clock effort to determine the number of homeless people in Prince George is set for next month.

Developers of the Commonwealth Health Centre say they want to meet and beat the city's requirement for six townhouses and instead are aiming for a 40- to 60-unit residential and retail complex on the Sixth and Quebec downtown property.