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A meeting tonight calls on investors or potential investors to work together to boost local business in the north. There are a wide range of ways a person can obtain money to boost their business, or their idea for a startup.

Claude Foot would have been exactly 133 years old Wednesday as the city unveiled a timely heritage sign celebrating the pioneer family for which Foot Park was named.

One of Northern Health's chief operating officers is leaving his role to lead the Health Employers Association of BC. Starting Aug. 15, Michael McMillan will join the HEABC as its president and chief operating officer.

Roughly 1,000 homes in the Nukko Lake area were without power Wednesday morning after a vehicle struck a power pole on Chief Lake Road. The outage started at 6 a.m. and lasted about five hours, according to the BC Hydro website.

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service has assigned an auxiliary officer to the Omineca region to step up enforcement of the provincial government's off-road vehicle regulations. The officer is one of eight added to the roster across the province, B.

A second public hearing will be held for the proposal to build a year-round ski resort outside of Valemount.

An exercise involving firefighters, police, ambulance personnel and local airlines will be held Thursday at Prince George Airport.

The University of Northern B.C. educates the largest percentage of aboriginal students in B.C.'s research universities but that number is falling.

Under the branches of a Cottonwood Kym Gouchie spoke of the surroundings that inspired her latest song - a chant that reflects a local woman's efforts to cleanse the Highway of Tears.

Greyhound Canada will be keeping an eye on how the provincial government's plan for public transit along Highway 16 West is rolled out and will be seeking to make adjustments accordingly, the company's senior vice president said Tuesday.