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Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad said something is in the works to bring closure to the victims of the explosion at Babine Forest Products and their families.

UNBC graduate student Janine Cunningham was named the 2014 winner of the Bridget Moran Advancement of Social Work in Northern Communities award.

FrontCounter BC will begin processing fish, wildlife and park use permit applications starting April 1. The service is being transferred from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations permit and authorization service bureau.

Most FortisBC customers will see their natural gas rates go up starting April 1, the utility said Friday. Residential customers in northern B.C. will pay $4.64 per gigagoule for the fuel itself, a $1.368 increase from the current rate.

One woman was sent to hospital after a single vehicle rollover Sunday morning. Prince George Regional Highway Rescue and the Pilot Mountain Fire Department responded to the incident at Chief Lake Road and Discovery Road after 10 a.m.

A 69-year-old Prince George man suffering from Alzheimer's disease and dementia was located safe and sound on Saturday after going missing on Friday evening.

Rural and northern B.C. women were ignored when the provincial government unveiled its latest efforts to live up to recommendations from the Missing Women's Inquiry, the Opposition NDP charged this week.

Students and staff at Spruceland Elementary School got an alarming start to spring break on Friday. The school was closed before classes even started Friday but not before some children had already arrived for the day's classes.

B.C. pharmacists are looking to expand their scope of service to include some blood tests as well as the treatment of minor ailments like insect bites or rashes. B.C.

Prince George RCMP are asking the public to keep an eye out for a man wanted on a Canada Wide warrant for being unlawfully at large.