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It was a trying couple of days for local arts and culture organizations after discovering their municipal funding could be on the chopping block.

For some people the convenience of online gambling helps them get more out of their hobby, but for problem gamblers it can make it easier for them to spend too much money and too much time with games of chance.

UNBC professor Mark Shrimpton has received one of Canada's top awards for industrial academics from Governor General David Johnston.

Whoever municipal voters elect into local government this November could be in power for a year longer than their predecessors.

The provincial NDP spent much of Tuesday morning's question period at the legislature in Victoria demanding the provincial government fund a shuttle bus service to provide safe transportation for at-risk people along Highway 16.

The provincial NDP spent much of Tuesday morning's question period at the legislature in Victoria demanding the provincial government fund a shuttle bus service to provide safe transportation for at-risk people along Highway 16.

The city will be able to knock out multiple years' worth of street and sidewalk projects this year, according to figures released by the operations department. In a report to council Monday night, operations director Bill Gaal laid out $2.

College of New Caledonia students voted narrowly in favour of continuing the U-Pass program with an increased fee, the school's student union said Friday. Of the 273 who voted, 54.7 per cent said yes during a referendum held earlier this month.

A lottery ticket worth almost a quarter of a million dollars was sold in Prince George. No one won the ultimate grand prize in Saturday's 6/49 draw, but according to the B.C.

Council wasn't prepared to make a decision about spending $6 million on new snow control equipment Monday night, instead referring the matter to a later committee of the whole meeting.