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B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix said his party still has a lot to do before it will release an election platform.

Two women and one man were arrested and a "substantial amount of illicit drugs" were seized when police executed a search warrant at a Spruceland area home early Friday afternoon. A loaded handgun was also seized, Prince George RCMP Cpl.

One last loose end for Lloyd William Cook was tied up Friday when he was sentenced in Prince George provincial court to 137 days in jail for failing to appear in court. The outcome stems from Cook's no show Jan. 31 for B.C.

A new collective agreement between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Prince George Airport Authority has been ratified by both parties, the PGAA said Friday.

B.C. residents having difficulty finding a family doctor stand to benefit from a new program for primary care announced Friday in Vancouver. The $132.

Wilderness outfitter Dan Brooks will carry the B.C. Conservative banner in Nechako Lakes this spring. The owner of Crystal Lakes Lodge was acclaimed at a nomination meeting at the Village Inn in Vanderhoof on Tuesday night.

Easing hurdles placed in front of foreign-trained doctors could help solve the physician shortage in the north, according to British Columbia Medical Association president Dr. Shelley Ross.

An Alberta man was sentenced Wednesday to a further 27 months in jail for a December 2011 attack that left a gay and legally blind McBride man with severe injuries from which he still suffers. B.C.

The new president of the Chamber of Commerce is Derek Dougherty of the local Canadian Western Bank branch. Dougherty replaced outgoing president Bill McGill during the Chamber's annual general meeting on Thursday night.

It's going to cost more to get educated at the College of New Caledonia next school year.