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Legal and civil rights advocates have joined forces against a B.C. government decision to close two jail units for girls in Victoria and Prince George. The B.C.

Unionized sawmill workers are being given an opportunity to reach out to their colleagues in Burns Lake following the explosion and fire that destroyed much of the Babine Forest Products sawmill on Friday evening.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has awarded a total of $141,615 to eight applicants to support their participation in the environmental review of the proposed Site C hydroelectric dam project in northeast B.C.

The public comment period on two documents related to Taseko Mines Ltd.'s controversial New Prosperity gold and copper mine southwest of Williams Lake is underway. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) is accepting comment until Feb.

The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has landed $87,376 of federal government funding towards paying for equipment to aid in the search for anti-cancer drugs.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Emmaus House, a senior supportive housing unit, hosts an open house Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. This special event includes a tour of the ten-unit facility operated on a not-for-profit basis by Emmaus Place Society.

Canada and the United States have agreed to extend their agreement on softwood lumber by two years. Trade ministers from both countries made the announcement Monday at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

On Jan. 20 at approximately 7:30 p.m., Prince George RCMP received a report of a stolen vehicle taken from the parking lot of Pine Centre Mall.

For the first time ever, RCMP North District will have a full-time communications officer. Const. Lesley Smith is the first to hold the post.

Forest research institute FPInnovations has been awarded $700,000 to to help forest companies create jobs by turning their waste wood into high-value "bio-products," Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell said Tuesday.