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UNBC's board of governors approved a $68.4 million balanced operating budget for the 2013-14 school year, which will mean another two per cent tuition hike, increased monthly parking fees and staff cuts.

International Trade Minister Ed Fast believes Thursday's federal budget will help B.C.'s forest industry retool and be more competitive internationally.

The new Northern Health Learning and Development Centre will reduce the number of parking spaces available in front of the University Hospital of Northern B.C., but more will be added elsewhere to compensate. The $9.

Earth Hour will darken the planet tonight and Prince George people are being urged to make their global contributions to the symbolic event by minimizing their electricity usage from 8:30-9:30 p.m.

After a successful launch earlier this year, the Prince George Prostate Cancer Support Group is looking to expand. Between seven and 10 people attended the first two meetings and facilitator Cliff Murphy hopes in time that number will triple.

With the Family Law Act, the provincial government is hoping to deliver a change in tone when it comes to the children of couples going their separate ways. Gone are the terms "custody" and "access" that were part of the legislation the Act replaces.

When Paul Winwood arrived in Prince George five years ago, the academic physician found the training centre on the site of UHNBC to be nothing more than a "dilapidated portacabin.

Don Bassermann wants to plant the seed of how simple land-use decisions in any common home can decrease calorie and cholesterol counts while increasing food-budget dollars.

The Chamber of Commerce sees the new federal budget as standing Canada on solid fiscal ground in shaky times.

The provincial NDP have widened their lead in the run up to the May 14 election, according to a new public opinion poll released Thursday.