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After months of work on the design, the brains behind the concept for the revitalized Civic Centre Plaza were eager to show the public their work.

The debate surrounding the proposed New Prosperity gold and copper mine doesn't simply pit pro-development non-aboriginals against environmentalist aboriginals, the Fish Lake Alliance wrote in its final argument to the environmental review panel exam

Norma Allison was expecting to swing by the North Cariboo branch of the SPCA for coffee and doughnuts Tuesday morning. What she got when she arrived was a welcoming committee two-dozen strong, cheering and bearing bright signs.

Prince George is officially on the sports radar now that the Canada Games torch has been passed to the city. "Receiving the torch was an honour," said Mayor Shari Green, who took the stage in Sherbrooke, Que.

The children of the Fort George Explorer's program and other summertime kids groups at Exploration Place had their thriving vegetable plot raided by an overnight thief or thieves late last week.

There are two historic sides to Barkerville. The obvious side is the Cariboo gold rush that lends so much iconic imagery to the local area, while the other, less obvious side is rooted in a faraway eastern land.

The Dixie Chicks are flying high on their first Canadian tour in seven years, and they've decided to hit the Peace Region along the way. The famous country band is set to play at the Encana Events Centre in Dawson Creek on Oct. 29.

With just two weeks to go before the school year begins, ICBC is not only asking parents to prepare their children to get to and from school safely but is also letting drivers know they have a role to play too.

Most people consider the sasquatch a legendary creature, but the mythical bush man of northern B.C. received its fair share of attention at environmental review hearings into the proposed New Prosperity gold and copper mine.

Over 1,000 BC Hydro customers in the Mud River area west of Prince George were without power on Monday afternoon and evening due to a wind storm. Power was interrupted just after 2 p.m.