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A new date has been set for the trial of a former Prince George man accused of the first-degree murder of a young Revelstoke musician in August 2011.

WorkSafe B.C.'s lead investigator elaborated Wednesday during a coroner's inquest on what he believes happened when a sawdust-fueled explosion ripped through Lakeland Mills sawmill nearly three years ago.

Michelle Lang now has a body of water named after her. The former Prince George newspaper reporter, killed by a roadside bomb on Dec. 30, 2009 in Afghanistan, has been honoured by the Province of Saskatchewan.

Chief Dominic Frederick was re-elected as the Chief of the Lheidli T'enneh yesterday, while Dolleen Logan, Vanessa West, and Shirley Wiltermuth were newly elected as councillors and Louella Nome was re-elected as councillor.

Nearly two dozen food services employees are out of work while the labour dispute between University of Northern B.C. and its faculty continues. When picket lines went up on March 5, 23 staff members were laid off.

An Alberta woman who was arrested last month along with a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant was sentenced Monday to 57 days in jail for possession of stolen property.

Like a time-laps photo sequence of an egg hatching, a new business will crack through its shell to be born into the world.

From all over the world, women came to the College of New Caledonia and gathered for a celebration of women in education, women in leadership, and women in everyday life who get to be women. It's not every culture that extends this human right.

Criticism of the auditor general for local government's lack of production continued in Victoria this week, with the minister responsible now saying they're not content with the output.

The long-kicked around zoning proposal for medical marijuana operations is finally open to public debate.