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MLA takes key role in aboriginal relations, Clark says

Milly Saville keeps a slow pace on the treadmill. To her left, another participant in her cardiac class is having his heart rate monitored.

Only 65 per cent of the 482 people working on the Site C dam in November were from B.C.--below the 75 to 80 per cent previously claimed by BC Hydro and government officials.

The smoke from the slash burning that descended on the city last weekend may not have significantly increased the 24-hour average for particulate but a University of Northern British Columbia professor says it did create a noticeable spike.

Leaders of the Nadleh Whut’en and Stellat’en First Nations say a regime for the regulation of the surface waters throughout the whole of their territories has been enacted and are calling on the provincial government to collaborate with them on the i

Transit in Prince George is free Thursday after an air quality advisory was issued Wednesday morning for the city. As part of the city’s Free Fare for Clean Air program, free transit comes into effect midnight of the day the advisory is released.

During the last poll The Citizen asked "What should be done to make the Ancient Forest a better tourist attraction now that it's a provincial park?" The public has spoken and the poll's close vote is looking for more wooden walkways to allow for acce

Tickets are now on sale for the 2016 BC SPCA Lottery for animals in need. The top prize is $10,000 and there are daily cash prizes throughout June, with $5,000 'Lucky Mutt Monday' prizes and $5,000 prizes on 'TGIF' Fridays.

The Big Gala is geared as a fundraiser for little people in the community.

Staff are continuing to monitor the situation but so far it appears the slash burning on Friday night that produced complaints about smoke within the city did not violate protocol, a Ministry of Environment spokesman said Tuesday.