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The BC government will break their silence over oil pipeline plans.

The provincial government is continuing to look at adding power restrictions to graduated licensing for new motorcycle riders.

Mayor Shari Green has nothing against two-wheeled travel and would certainly like to see more people riding their bikes to work.

The Cottonwood Island Park and the Heritage River Trails are now back open for public use. The trails had been closed for several weeks due to flooding brought on by the high spring melt.

A Supreme Court Justice has agreed to add the name of a Williams Lake woman and her son to a revived legal action to bring back a program for in-custody mothers and their babies.

City staff are breathing sighs of relief now that most local paving projects have been completed. Three weeks of virtually rain-free weather this month allowed crews from Columbia Bitulithic to repair potholed and cracked major thoroughfares.

The short-term costs of enhanced early colorectal cancer screening are outweighed by the long-term benefits, provincial NDP leader Adrian Dix said Friday.

A split formed Friday in the union movement at Prince George's pulp and paper facilities.

It's shaping up to be an adventurous summer for the RCMP Venturers and Rovers.

A city crew equipped with a vacuum truck spent a few hours Friday afternoon cleaning up paint that spilled off a vehicle and created a mess on Third Avenue in front of Books and Company.