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The BC Safety Authority (BCFA) released a report Tuesday into the cause of a fire that erupted at Babine Forest Products nearly a year ago, but downplayed any link between that blaze and the one that destroyed most of the facility and killed two work

A shot of money will help vaccinate Tabor Mountain's water system against man-made damage. The Tabor Mountain Recreation Society has received at $10,000 grant from Shell Oil to put towards the construction of a bridge over fish-bearing streams.

Francofun ski Join Le Cercle des Canadians Francais de Prince George for an evening of cross-country skiing Feb. 2 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Otway Nordic Ski Centre. The event takes place as part of the annual Francofun Winter Festival.

Advance Education Minister Naomi Yamamoto says she remains well aware of the local call to establish engineering programs at Prince George's university and college.

A trust fund is now taking donations for the Mackenzie family who lost everything in a Tuesday morning fire. Richard Fleury and Lanora (Lana) Baxter and their daughter Katelin barely escaped the flames that destroyed their home on Kerry Crescent.

A parolee has gone unlawfully at large in Kelowna, and he may be headed for this area. The missing convict's name is Aaron Craig Sutherland, 33.

Dawson Creek RCMP are alleging that at least one cab driver in the Peace-country city is under suspicion of multiple sex assaults and forcible confinement incidents, using his taxi as a prop in the crime. There are two cab companies in Dawson Creek.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is calling on the federal government to help communities address a critical shortage of affordable rental housing.

Two small children are dead from a house fire in Mackenzie. The twin 18-month-old boy and girl, did not survive the flames that engulfed a home on Kerry Crescent only a few blocks from the town's downtown.

Initiatives Prince George is changing leadership and it's not clear what it will mean for the city's economic development agency. IPG announced the resignation of president Tim McEwan yesterday.