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Science fair students bring their creative ideas to UNBC

The avalanche risk in the alpine areas of the North Columbia-Cariboo mountains will remain high through to at least Wednesday, according to the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC).

A fire that destroyed a building at the Francois Lake ferry terminal has been ruled non-suspicious by investigators. The blaze broke out Monday evening in a large storage shed owned by Prince George's Waterbridge Equipment Inc.

It's crunch time for the seven people vying for the top spot in the federal New Democrat Party. Seeking to make his mark on British Columbia voters is Brian Topp, a long-time NDP organizer based out of Toronto.

Answers given last week on the nearly $140,000 in severance former Initiatives Prince George chief executive officer Tim McEwan will receive are leaving Mayor Shari Green less than satisfied.

Health authorities across the country are scrambling to find alternate sources of injectable drugs, now that the country's major supplier Sandoz Canada has halted production at its Quebec plant.

A 39-year-old man was found dead at a local shelter. "Although there are no obvious signs of foul play, the Prince George RCMP's Serious Crime Section was called in to investigate," said police spkesman Cpl. Craig Douglass.

Federal NDP leadership candidate Brian Topp brought a call to Prince George on Monday for developing an economy based on value-added products and less focused on exporting raw natural resources.

THE CANADIAN PRESS KELOWNA, B.C. - Three B.C. men swindled the government by manipulating the way they paid stumpage on logs harvested from Crown land, a Kelowna judge has ruled.

Science fair projects present interesting ideas to evaluators