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The Wheelin' Warriors of the North are gearing up for their second crack at the Ride to Conquer Cancer with a group ride-a-thon on Sunday. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Minerals North annual mining conference for northern B.C. is chipping away at the calendar. This year, the three-day trade show will happen in Vanderhoof from May 21 to 23. About 500 delegates and exhibitors are expected to attend.

All residents were safely evacuated but several units were extensively damaged, Prince George Fire Rescue said, after a fire ripped through the Latitude apartment building at 3271 Westwood Dr. early Wednesday morning.

A Prince George man is facing charges after police saw him riding a stolen electric mobility aid, Prince George RCMP said Wednesday.

It was a banner year for Canfor's pulp operations. With strong prices and healthy market penetration helping the bottom line, one of Prince George's most important industries got to smile at the end of 2013.

Canfor will invest $30 million at its Polar facility in Bear Lake, north of Prince George, to replace the existing sawmill and to produce higher-value products, company officials said Wednesday at the company's annual general meeting in Prince George

The RCMP held an official opening at the new building on Victoria Street where four flags were raised during the ceremony.

Prescribed burning is planned for eight locations in the Omineca region starting this week, the provincial government said Monday.

Each year dozens of bears are destroyed when they become habituated to coming into Prince George to forage for food in garbage cans, bird feeders and from fruit trees.

B.C.'s justice minister said the province's northern highways are "safer now than they were 15 years ago" when pressed in the legislature Tuesday to commit to a shuttle bus along the so-called Highway of Tears.