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The B.C. Liberals are trying to manipulate the layout of rural ridings for its own political benefit, according to former NDP candidate Sherry Ogasawara.

B.C.-based company Britco, one of the world's largest manufacturers of portable buildings, has signed on to provide trailers for the 2015 Canada Winter Games and will then donate some of them to rural First Nations communities.

Snow pack in the upper Fraser River basin was 44 per cent above normal in the latest survey by the B.C. River Forecast Centre. The snow pack at three of 14 monitoring sites in the Upper Fraser basin were at or above their historic maximums.

Fort McMurray Airport president Scott Clements knows a few things about the relationship between natural resource booms and airport development.

Provincial opposition leader Adrian Dix says two government officials in particular should feel ashamed of their support for the New Prosperity mine proposal.

From forest products to the future potential of liquefied natural gas, B.C.'s natural resource sector has long looked to Asia as a major market. Now Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Mike Morris wants to add beef to that export list.

NDP leader Adrian Dix met with former employees of Lakeland Mills and their families this week, following WorkSafeBC's recent decision to recommend regulatory charges but not criminal charges.

Off-road enthusiasts will soon be subject to new provincial legislation designed to promote safe and responsible riding and Jeff Mohr is welcoming the move. Mohr, president of B.C.

The emergency room at St. John Hospital in Vanderhoof will have a temporary new home beginning Wednesday. The emergency facilities are being moved elsewhere within the hospital to accommodate the final stage of renovations.

The decision by the federal government to reject the New Prosperity mine could hurt future investments in natural resource projects, according to proponents.