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Timber will likely trump tourism in the scramble for enough wood to reopen the Babine Forests Products sawmill. Responding to a call by the B.C.

When the forestry town's main sawmill and economic engine, Babine Forest Products, mysteriously exploded on Jan. 20 in Burns Lake, the community it called on municipal leaders to look to others for help.

Two new sherrifs started work in Prince George this week increasing the roster based out of the courthouse to 21. The two were among 23 who recently completed training that began in January at the B.C. Justice Institute.

Burns Lake is not alone in confronting sudden economic disaster. It is one thing if a town eventually stumbles into obscurity due to changes of economy over time.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has allowed a complaint lodged against the Endako Mine by an employee who claims discrimination by the company because of his disability to proceed to a hearing.

It was a heavy cross to bear through the streets of downtown Prince George, but the burden was shared by 12 individuals as they took turns reenacting the walk of Jesus on his last day on earth.

Prince George MLA and Jobs Minister Pat Bell won't be on the plane when Premier Christy Clark travels to Japan, Korea, and the Philippines for a jobs and trade mission.

News that oilsands recruiters have been appearing at British Columbia's junior hockey games isn't going over well with the resource sector on this side of the provincial border, which is chasing the same pool of skilled workers. B.C.

A provincial government public servant based in Mackenzie is among those who will receive a Premier's Innovation and Excellence Award.

The B.C. Teachers Federation has rejected Dr. Charles Jago as mediator in the provincial public school teachers' labour dispute "due to a clear apprehension of bias and a flawed process." BCTF president Susan Lambert applied Thursday to the B.C.