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Vivian Tom may have told the court she forgives the man who beat her daughter to death but it's with profoundly mixed emotions that she's done so.

A B.C. Supreme Court Justice sentenced Garrett Steven George to a further eight years and four months in prison on Wednesday for the manslaughter death of his common law spouse, Destiny Rae Tom, on the Nadleh reserve nearly three years ago.

B.C. newspaper publisher David Black has asked the federal government to suspend - just weeks after it was launched - a federal environmental panel review of his ambitious plan to build a "nation-building" $18-billion oil refinery near Kitimat.

Big Blue Ball a great big success Once again the Big Blue Ball, hosted by the Rotary Club of Prince George on Nov. 12 at the Coast Inn of the North, raised more than $50,000 which will continue to support community projects focused on men's health.

Last poll asked "in light of the recent clown scare, is it time to get rid of Halloween?" The clown nos have it with 72 per cent and 723 votes, poll takers are saying "a few incidents shouldn't ruin the fun for everyone", while dragging those big clo

Beginning in February, the YMCA of Northern BC will offer child care services in Fort St. James. The YMCA and Nechako Valley Community Services Society (NVCSS) have partnered to meet the demands in Fort St. James at 349 Stuart Drive West.

Four years after it was first opened, Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipelines is closing down its office at Parkwood Place at the end of this month, but will be seeking new digs in the city in 2017, a company official said Tuesday.

Construction work will reduced Highway 16 to single-lane alternating seven kilometres west of the junction with Highway 97, starting Wednesday. The work will occur on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will last until Dec.

A section of the Pine Pass just south of Powder King re-opened Tuesday night more than eight hours after commercial vehicle hauling an explosive substance rolled into a ditch. From about noon until 9 p.m.

The Salmon River Bridge will be closed for eight hours between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. this Saturday to Sunday to allow the structure to be moved from its present alignment and provide a detour while the new bridge is being constructed.