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Mackenzie wood manufacturer East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd. was fined $65,235.12 by WorkSafeBC after a worker suffered serious injuries to her arm when she reached across a ripsaw to clear a piece of wood.

WorkSafeBC has fined Fort St. James sawmill Apollo Forest Products Ltd. $75,000 after an inspector caught a worker using a wooden stick to clear a jam from the cutter heads of a planer.

A Fort St. James sawmill has been fined $75,000 for hazardous accumulations of wood dust.

WorkSafeBC has fined a Vanderhoof finger joint plant $48,401.84 for hazardous accumulations of wood dust.

WorkSafeBC has fined a Quesnel wood products manufacturer for high accumulations of combustible wood dust. C&C Wood Products Ltd. was levied a penalty of $68,121.

WorkSafeBC tripled the fine levied against a Quesnel-based roofing company for a repeat violation of the agency's fall protection regulations. North Central Roofing Ltd.

WorkSafeBC has fined a repeat offender after an inspector came across workers on a roof at a Quesnel job site without fall protection. Gotter Did Contracting Ltd. was levied $5,604.

It's not the Grouse Grind, but the plan is to make Prince George's iconic cutbanks gain that level of regional recognition and rally around it for a good cause.

The number of Prince George residents collecting Employment Insurance stood at 1,900 in January, according to Statistics Canada. That's down slightly from 1,930 in December but still well above 1,500 seen at the same point last year.

A Prince George roofer has been fined for failing to ensure its workers were using adequate fall protection. WorkSafeBC levied a $3,599.43 penalty against Crimson Projects Inc.