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Northern B.C.'s newest lumber player, Conifex, is bullish on the future, calculating that lumber supply constraints, a continually growing U.S. population, and the advent of a Chinese market will jack up prices in the medium-term future.

The provincial government lost an arbitration ruling on class size violations across the province. Arbitrator James Dorsey ordered the government to compensate B.C.

Prince George is among the Canadian towns and cities that have a chance to be included on a new Canadian edition of Monopoly. The top 20 cities, as determined in an online vote at www.monopolyvote.ca, will be included.

U.S. oil and gas company Apache Corp. announced Wednesday it has signed an agreement to buy a 51-per cent stake in Kitimat LNG's proposed $3-billion liquified natural gas terminal in northern B.C.

B.C. Forests Minister Pat Bell rolled out two new policy initiatives Wednesday to help the bioenergy industry get more secure access to waste fibre needed to fuel growth of their fledgling sector.

The former owner of a Prince George hair salon has been fined for tax evasion.

Two high school chums in Toronto discovered they had a lot in common during their music class, and now, ten years later, they are still finding out about each other.

The owner of a Prince George hair salon has been fined for tax evasion.

It will be two weeks before the board of education decides if they are going ahead with an aboriginal choice school this coming year.

It was definitely warmer than usual but not quite record-setting when the high for Tuesday struck 8.3 C. The record for Jan. 12 remains standing at 9.0 set in 1996.