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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.

Friends and colleagues remembered MaryAnne Arcand on Tuesday for her many business and service accomplishments. Arcand died of cancer Monday in Prince George. She was 59.

Prince George RCMP are investigating a report of a robbery at gunpoint.

NDP leader Adrian Dix will be in Prince George this morning, offering updates on efforts to have a public, independent inquiry in the Babine Forest Products explosion.

A jury has found a Prince George man guilty of manslaughter in the 2012 death of a Calgary man. The verdict against Joel Christopher Marchand, 31, for the death of Chris Ball, 39, was reached after a 10-day trial.

The last board has been cut into lumber at Quesnel Sawmill. "With no planning, just by coincidence, the last one through was one of the best pine logs I'd seen in a long time, really clean wood," said acting-manager Mark Zurek.

Most people know that a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains is healthy, yet not everyone acts upon that knowledge.

The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died Saturday in an avalanche near Blue River. The man is Jay Quayle, aged 35, of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan.

A Prince George man has been ordered to pay nearly $65,000 in damages and money owed after a B.C. Supreme Court Justice found he forged transfer documents to become the registered owner of a truck and then sold the vehicle online.