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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.

The Prince George RCMP are warning local businesses to keep an eye out for fake bills following a recent rash of counterfeit currency reports.

Prince George real estate agent Ken Laursen has been elected president of the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board for the 2014-2015 term.

Police have arrested a man who failed to show up for a first appearance hearing this week in Prince George provincial court. Broderick Dylan Marshall, 19, was taken into custody late Thursday afternoon, Prince George RCMP Cpl.

One of two local lottery winners has stepped forward. Fred Greene, 60, matched five out of six numbers plus the bonus number on the February 22nd Lotto 6/49 draw to win $249,807.30. Greene came forward Thursday with the winning ticket.

Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Minister Shirley Bond defended WorkSafeBC's record in question period Thursday as the opposition NDP accused the agency of dysfunction after a bungled investigation into a fatal mill explosion in Burns Lake.

A 2007 agreement with B.C.'s solicitor general to give WorkSafeBC investigators special powers requires them to know how to conduct interviews and seize evidence so it can stand up in court.