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A B.C. Supreme Court ruling last week that gives the right of doctor-assisted suicide to terminally-ill patients is being hailed a triumph for society by a member of the Prince George Council of Seniors.

Starting today, a B.C. Supreme Court Justice will hear Coun. Brian Skakun's appeal of last year's finding that he violated B.C.'s protection of privacy legislation.

Five months after an explosion at Burns Lake's Babine Forest Products, the destruction continues

They may not be the height of fashion, but for doctors, nurses and other hospital staff, scrubs are an indispensable uniform of choice.

After 41 years of living across the street from Paddlewheel Park, Mike Hawryluk seemed more amused than worried Tuesday by the ongoing response to the threat of flooding from the Fraser River.

Prince George Airport will be the site of firefighter training for the next two weeks. The first session began Tuesday and will continue Thursday and Friday and then next Monday and Tuesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

An estimated 300 fewer students are expected next fall in School District 57 schools but only one teacher layoff notice has been issued.

The eighth annual Prince George Variety Children's Radiothon airs on The Wolf 97FM today and Thursday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. The event will raise funds for children in the Prince George area who have special needs and their families.

Today is an official day of protest for the province's 41,000 public school teachers. In Prince George, from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m.

Burns Lake residents have the most to lose in B.C.'s timber supply calculations, since the forestry-dependent community might end up with no major sawmill when the counting of trees is finished.