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An innovative local business will soon state its funding case on national television to the prime time investors on The Dragon's Den.

The case against four men accused of a drug-related kidnapping, confinement and assault was dismissed Wednesday after the alleged victim continued to evade attempts to bring him to court to testify.

A 49-year-old man has been sentenced to nine months in jail for what police have called a "brutal" attack on an elderly woman at a rural property east of Prince George last year.

A new national DNA databank for missing people has the potential to bring closure to some families of missing women along the Highway of Tears, but advocates would like to see the federal government do more to prevent disappearances.

Tuesday's speech from the throne was about the Liberal government reaffirming previously stated priorities, with a heavy focus on jobs, training and limiting spending.

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A trial to resume Tuesday for four men accused of a drug-related kidnapping, confinement and assault, hit a further delay when the alleged victim once again failed to appear at the Prince George courthouse to testify.

A Prince George academic and outdoor enthusiast has been named to a national think-tank on conservation issues. Dr. Pamela Wright, a researcher and professor at UNBC, has been named one of 75 members of the Women For Nature roundtable.

A week after supporters of the New Prosperity mine made their case in Ottawa, opponents have traveled to the nation's capital to lobby against the proposed open-pit copper and gold mine in the Cariboo.

A street-level drug dealer has been sentenced to three years in jail. Melvin Earl Neil Robinson, 55, was issued the term Friday in Prince George provincial court for three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking from a Jan.