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A man who allegedly pointed a firearm inside a needle-ridden drug house has been arrested. Michael Junior Aslin, 30, turned himself into RCMP on Monday, Cpl. Craig Douglass said, and remains in custody.

One simple act on cold winter mornings can help save animals from injury or worse: Think and thump.

British Columbians interested in cutting their own Christmas tree should obtain their permit online or contact their local forest district or FrontCounter BC office, the provincial government said Tuesday.

Four days after it was first issued, the air quality advisory sparked by high concentrations of particulate in the city's air has ended. In a statement issued at 8:30 a.m.

The city is bringing back its water meter program for residents interested in keeping a closer eye on what's going down the drain.

With staff now in place, the city is cobbling together a group to point its new economic development department in the right direction. City council established a new economic development advisory committee Monday night, chaired by Mayor Lyn Hall.

Within two years of graduation, most University of Northern B.C. students are working in their chosen field and staying in the north, according to a new report. UNBC president Daniel Weeks said the report Putting Degrees to Work, which looked at B.C.

Health Canada has issued a safety warning for two brands of Christmas lights. They are Taizhou Hongpeng Colour Lanterns (CSA file number 241989) and Ningbo EGO International Co. Ltd. (CSA file number 263917).

If there is a lesson other landlords could learn from an RCMP takedown of a flophouse for drug addicts nearly two weeks ago, it's to make sure they know who they're renting to, says the chief executive officer of LandlordBC.

Faculty, alumni and students are calling on the University of Northern B.C. to reverse its decision to make retired Conservative MP James Moore its next chancellor in May.