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The Lower Mainland stands to gain the most from a boost in B.C.'s natural resource economy, according to a study by the former chief economic analyst of Statistics Canada. A 10-per-cent boost in the sector would create 29,561 new jobs in B.C.

It's not the best solution, but changing a vacant residential lot into a parking lot is a start for improving the accessibility to a local senior's centre, city council decided Monday night.

It would be easy to pass the buck - literally - to the next batch of municipal representatives, but city council has to embark on a review of their pay.

Angry and tearful, the wife of a worker killed two years ago in the fire and explosion at Lakeland Mills was not surprised but still disappointed with the Criminal Justice Branch's decision to not pursue charges against the sawmill's owners.

Criminal charges will not be pursued against Lakeland Mills for the April 2012 fire and explosion that killed two workers and injured 22, the provincial government's Criminal Justice Branch said this morning.

The Stand Up for the North Committee hosted a forum on Saturday to voice concerns about the current state of forest management in B.C., and proposed changes to the forest tenure system.

When Dr. Bret Batchelor arrived in Vanderhoof as a medical school trainee he quickly became interested in the operating room at St. John Hospital. Rural surgery is becoming increasingly scarce in rural B.C.

The man Prince George RCMP arrested this week in response to a complaint of an alleged attack on a 14-year-old boy has a history of run-ins with the law and escapes from the Colony Farm forensic hospital in the Lower Mainland.

A Prince George man has won a 12-year break from the B.C. Appeals Court on a driving prohibition. In a ruling issued March 28, a 15-year prohibition against Kyle Drake Baraniuk, 49, was reduced to three years.

Part 2 of a three-part series It used to be common place for residents of rural B.C.