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It's lights-out time this weekend at the College of New Caledonia. A planned blackout will close the Prince George campus starting tonight at 7 p.m. and continuing until Monday at 6 a.m. to allow for electrical system upgrades.

The provincial government's Family Law Act is "not about forcing unmarried, common-law couples into getting married," Justice Minister Shirley Bond said Thursday in a statement issued to "clarify some of the misconceptions" about the legislation.

The road bans are quietly coming to a street near you. The first of the annual spring road restrictions was announced by the City of Prince George, taking effect Friday.

HIghway 16 was down to single-lane alternating traffic 40 kilometres west of McBride for much of Thursday as a crew worked to recover a commercial vehicle that went off the road.

The successful bidder for the Wood Innovation and Design Centre contract could be announced at a news conference Friday.

Two major resource companies from different industries are now working together in northern B.C. Forestry giant Canadian Forest Products (Canfor) and upstart coal player Cardero Resource Corp.

The College of New Caledonia is headhunting for a new boss.

B.C. New Democrats will honour the contract awarded for construction of the Wood Innovation and Design Centre but will also hold an independent investigation into the controversial allegations swirling around the project.

A gas-tax deal that could be worth upwards of $20 million over the next 20 years for the City of Prince George is the 'single biggest unexpected victory' for municipalities in the federal budget, says Prince George Counc. Garth Frizzell.

Last year around this time, Fort St. James was down to one local doctor and there was no help in sight. Three family practice physicians departed the town on Highway 27 at the end of 2011 and in early 2012, leaving only Dr.