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Haiti has long been associated with government corruption and political instability, having endured 32 coups in its 209-year history. Deforestation and land erosion have had devastating effects on the economy.

Highway 16 has been reduced to single-lane alternating traffic 40 kilometres west of McBride due to a vehicle recovery operation that expected to last until 4:30 p.m. Drivers are asked to drive with care and to watch for flaggers.

Lakeland Mills will be running again by the end of next summer, the president of the Sinclar Group pledged Wednesday.

According to government statistics, one out of every 1,000 Canadians has juvenile idiopathic arthritis. It is one of the most common childhood diseases.

A $25 billion plan to build a refinery in Kitimat to ship value-added Canadian oil to Asian markets is viable, B.C. Energy Minister Rich Coleman said Tuesday citing a new report.

Turning to out-of-courtroom options to resolve family-related legal disputes may be less costly and less time consuming, but those options are not readily available in the Prince George area.

The federal government's appointment of a special representative to address Aboriginal concerns around energy infrastructure such has pipelines didn't impress one local First Nations leader.

Sinclair Group Forest Products announced Wednesday it will rebuild its Lakeland Mills sawmill in Prince George. The rejuvenated sawmill is expected to employ 100 employees in two shifts by summer 2014.

As the only candidate, no vote was needed to determine Jim Iker as the new president of the B.C. Teachers' Association.

By the end of the month, the New Prosperity gold-copper mine proposal will either be going to a full public hearing or the company involved, Taseko Mines Ltd., will be fetching more information.