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For Part 1 of Life after Lakeland, click here . For Part 2, click here. John Engstrom still speaks of walls.

The provincial government will take a close look at the recommendations from the coroner's inquest into the fatal Lakeland Mills explosion and fire, B.C. Premier Christy Clark said Friday.

Premier Christy Clark is asking campers to be careful this long weekend after getting a bird's eye view Friday morning of a massive forest fire near Prince George.

A nasty case of road rage in Fort St. John lead to the pepper spraying of a three-year-old boy, an officer nearly being run over and a car speeding through residential yards - hitting fences, shrubs and trees - according to an RCMP release.

Giving back to the community they work and live in is the motto for Scotiabank employees and in Prince George they demonstrate that every year by supporting local charities.

The five-man jury that sat through coroner's inquest into the Lakeland Mills disaster issued a sweeping set of recommendations Thursday aimed at tackling a broad range of issues raised during four-and-a-half weeks of testimony.

A long-running coroner's inquest into the deaths of two employees from injuries suffered in the explosion of a Prince George sawmill came to an end Thursday with a jury concluding the deaths were accidental and issuing more than 30 recommendations to

Goodsir Nature Park has experienced a weather record. Sole founder and proprietor Jim Good said he believes it is only the beginning of such benchmarks. "We have been open for about four weeks now. That is a record by far," said Good.

Part two of a three-part series. For Part 1, click here. For Part 3, click here. The words Don Zwozdesky uses to describe life now are lost to him like the last three years since Lakeland Mills exploded around him.

An overdue hunter has been found. Vance Hartley, who had not been seen since Wednesday evening, walked out of the bush near Cottonwood on Highway 16 at about 8 p.m. Thursday, Quesnel RCMP said.