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Four cases of whooping cough have been reported in northern B.C. in recent weeks, including one case in Fort St. James.

Retired Prince George dentist Arnold Steinbart has been honoured for his long career by the College of Dental Surgeons of BC.

Prince George has been selected as one of the launching grounds for a new provincial hate-crime awareness campaign. On Monday, the B.C.

ICBC contributed nearly $150,000 in total to six road improvement projects completed in the Prince George area last year, the Crown corporation said Tuesday. The largest contribution, at $49,000, went to work related to four-laning 3.

The Victoria Towers is starting to fill up. Tenants started moving into the building in February, a B.C. Housing representative said Tuesday, and will continue to do so as more units are made ready. B.C.

With the loss of 209 direct jobs and an estimated 800 spin-off jobs affected, thanks to the closure of Canfor's Quesnel sawmill, the Cariboo city is in recovery mode.

Local residents can look forward to unlimited packaging and printed paper recycling when the curbside pickup program begins in Prince George this September. According to Ed Walsh, Emterra Environmental's B.

The B.C. NDP repeated its call for a public inquiry into the Babine Forest Products explosion this week, going so far as to draw up a draft terms of reference for the investigation.

At the same time the government is planning to liberalize the province's drinking laws, a new study by a Northern Medical Program researcher makes a case for increasing the minimum drinking age.

When Prince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer made his maiden speech in the House of Commons, Jim Flaherty reminded Zimmer that he had big shoes to fill replacing longtime MP Jay Hill.