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A Prince George-based web and graphics designer and a San Diego-based animal rights activist were thrown together by a deadly Oklahoma tornado, resulting in the creation of a news website devoted to sharing animals' stories.

No one was hurt in a fire early Sunday morning at a family home in the 3900 block of Kenworth Road East in the Hart which caused an estimated more than a quarter million dollars worth of damage.

There are nearly 200 First Nations in B.C. and provincial Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad aims to visit them all on their traditional territories.

The Homeland Inn is going through a conversion that Philip Danyluk hopes will put an end once and for all to its reputation as a notorious crime spot.

Smithers RCMP and the North District Major Crime Unit are investigating the stabbing death of a 26-year-old man in Smithers on Friday, according to a statement issued by North District RCMP. Police were called to Main Street at approximately 11:35 p.

Firefighters were called to a fire at Brink Forest Products shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. RCMP and fire crews blocked River Road just east of the Cameron Street bridge while firefighters extinguished the fire.

With the fate of the proposed New Prosperity copper and gold mine simultaneously in the hands of Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq and the federal court, one opposition MP believes the approval process for natural resources projects has become far

Prince George RCMP have issued a warning over a spate of so-called "cold call" frauds.

The thermometer struck a record low on Thursday when it dropped to -33.6 C. It was not only the coldest it's been this winter but the coldest Feb. 6 recorded by Environment Canada in Prince George. The previous record for that day was -32.2 C.

The city's unemployment rate stood at 5.6 per cent in January, according to Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers released Friday. That's up from 4.2 per cent in December as the number of people holding down jobs dropped by 300 to 49,300.