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A general manager for Mount Milligan Mine has been named. Ownership company Thompson Creek Metals disclosed that their new vice-president and the Mount Milligan GM would be veteran mine administrator Dennis Hoof.

Greg Gutfriend celebrated triple-digit birthday

New provincial legislation for wills and estate planning will come into effect on Sunday, replacing seven old acts with a single new law. New probate rules also will come into effect in conjunction with the Wills, Estates and Succession Act (WESA).

Photographer Nancy Zavaglia had a visitor in her College Heights neighbourhood this week, and she happened to have her camera handy. "We were in the car when moose walked into the driveway," she said. A calf was also along for the stroll with mom.

One of the region's coal mines is closing next month, putting about 250 people out of work in the Chetwynd area. The owner of the Willow Creek Mine, Walter Energy Inc.

The city's new army reserve unit gave thanks Thursday to the office managers and business owners who pay the biggest part of their soldiers' paycheques. The Rocky Mountain Rangers (RMR) have existed for less than two years in Prince George.

According to NASA, unless you use radar imagery, the Great Wall of China is not visible from space.

British Columbia's provincial health office is calling on the federal government to either revoke or substantially amend crime legislation over concerns about the potential health and social impacts on the province's Aboriginal people.

Can't keep track of what day to put out your garbage after a holiday? Want to know in moments where you can recycle that old television set you've been carting around in your back seat? Now there's an app for that from the Regional District of Fraser

The administration offices for the Ts'il Kaz Koh First Nation in Burns Lake are still closed today, as they have been all week.