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Engineering firm working for Enbridge and review panel

An engineering firm hired by the National Energy Board to provide expert advice on the proposed Northern Gateway project has recently agreed to work with Enbridge, the company proposing to build the controversial pipeline.

UNBC faculty files for arbitration

While their school consistently ranks in the top-five in nationwide small university rankings, UNBC professors say their salaries are rock bottom compared to faculty at other similar-sized universities.

Crime dropping faster in other cities, Maclean's writer says

Prince George may be a victim of the good fortune of other communities, sat the writer of a Maclean's magazine story that rates this city as Canada's most dangerous place to live for the third consecutive year.
City ranks high on Maclean's crime score

City ranks high on Maclean's crime score

Prince George appears to be on track to earning the dubious honour of being Canada's most dangerous city for the third year in a row in an annual ranking by Maclean's magazine.

Health staff start job action

Some elective surgeries are expected to be postponed Friday as members of the Health Sciences Association of B.C. complete a two-day job action.

P.G. promoters face city's reputation head-on

The departments and agencies promoting Prince George have to include the term "Canada's most dangerous city" in their daily thinking.
Family flooded with donations now in new home

Family flooded with donations now in new home

A happy ending has emerged much sooner than anyone could have expected for a Prince George family that was left without a home following a fire early Monday morning.

Public input capped at Vancouver, Victoria pipeline hearings

The upcoming National Energy Board hearings into the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline in Vancouver and Victoria will be a little less public than other sessions.

City can deal with image issues, expert says

Maclean's magazine has handed Prince George an image problem that could escalate into Mexico-size proportions, a partner in a Vancouver-based public relations firm suggested Thursday, adding there is time to turn it around before the Canada Winter Ga
Babine workers cool to news of mill rebuild

Babine workers cool to news of mill rebuild

It is not known what the employees of the destroyed Babine Forest Products will do at the new mill, when it is rebuilt next year. Some don't even want to go back.