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Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore downplayed environmental concerns surrounding Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline while in Prince George on Monday. "It's just a pipeline," Moore said in an interview.

The board of Prince George's school district 57 has written a letter to B.C. Premier Christy Clark requesting that the government intervene to end the teachers strike.

A real estate consultant is rating Prince George the 10th best place in B.C. to invest.

Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson has introduced a private members bill to repeal legislation around the provincial government's carbon credit scheme as part of his ongoing campaign to give public agencies a fairer shake.

The identity of a deceased adult male is still a mystery even after an autopsy. Quesnel RCMP located the human remains on Oct. 31 in a wooded area near Blair Street. They described the body's condition as skeletal, with no obvious signs of foul play.

Allnorth Consultants Ltd. chief executive officer Darby Kreitz has been named an Ernst and Young Pacific Region Entrepreneur Of The Year. Kreitz was awarded the honour in early October in the business-to-business products and services category.

Owen Lake is a popular recreation lake with good fishing for rainbow trout and lake trout (char). Most of the rainbow trout are in the one to two pound range while the lake trout can reach up to twenty pounds.

City council awarded a nearly $1.99 million contract to RJ Construction Ltd. for construction of an office building at the city's 18th Avenue Yard. Completion of the project is scheduled for Oct. 31, 2012.

Vancouver-based CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd. has signed a letter of intent to purchase Northwest Wood Preservers from the BID Group of Companies.

The research capacity at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) received an $852,000 boost Wednesday courtesy of the federal government.