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Local companies ready to work with incoming industrial interests now have a massive website working for them. Northern Development Initiative Trust has been building their Supply Chain Connector database since May.

Donations have been trickling in at a slower pace than normal in advance of Saturday's Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life and organizers are putting out a call for help to meet their goal.

UNBC president George Iwama will not stay on for a second term at the school. Iwama was appointed to a five-year term as president in 2009. His contract runs through June 2014 and includes a provision for a one-year paid research leave.

Cpl. Craig Douglass, RCMP spokesman, holds the replica grenades that were spotted in luggage at the airport. The replica grenades are believed to be marijuana grinders. The man in possession of the grinders was detained and since been released.

Getting tested for HIV could soon become a routine procedure at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. Infectious disease specialist Dr.

Expanding the city's garbage collection service to include up to 571 more homes shouldn't be a significant hit to the budget, said the city's operations superintendent.

Hard-core mountain bikers know what the Pidherny recreation area has to offer.

First it was trees and now fish. Pacific Western Brewery has added salmon to their environmental stewardship initiative. A percentage of sales from their Cariboo line of beer flavours has for years been directed towards forestry replanting.

Students are just getting settled into their new classes at UNBC and CNC this week, but it won't be long before the assignments start piling up and mid-terms approach.

Ubong David Awak, 34, of Vanderhoof faces seven charges as a result of Saturday's attempted carjacking in the Westgate Mall area, according to court records.