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A struggle over control of the Yekooche First Nations band council remains ongoing with the federal government refusing to record the results of a by-election that replaced the chief and a council member.

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After two terms of being without a voice in government, the people of Cariboo North have put an end to that drought. They elected Liberal candidate Coralee Oakes, ending the run of Independent Bob Simpson, who lost his bid for a third term.

More people took advantage of advance voting days last week than in 2009, according to statistics released by Elections BC Monday.

As Liberal supporters filed into the Coast Inn of the North tonight, the mood was decidedly more anxious than in the past.

One by one, the survivors of residential schools spoke into a microphone on Monday in Prince George and gave a glimpse of their lifelong pain and trauma.

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When voters make their mark in the ballot box today for the 40th provincial election, each will have their own motivation for picking a candidate. For some it will be the characteristics of the leader or what's in the party platform.

It was a subdued room where local NDP supporters had gathered to take in the result from an election that presented the party's best chance in years to not only form the next government but deliver an MLA from Prince George.

The stepson of a man accused of sexually abusing two of his stepdaughters testified Monday that they spent "a lot of time upstairs" in the accused's bedroom.