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When Pat Harris suffered a crippling injury at age 10 that left him without the use of his legs, there was no such thing as the Spinal Cord Injury Resource Centre.

Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell has been named the lead on the B.C. government's effort to help Burns Lake get back on its economic feet following the explosion and fire that destroyed the town's main employer.

The CANADIAN PRESS BURNS LAKE, B.C. - Amid the blackened and bent steel girders of a burned-out sawmill in Burns Lake, B.C., the remains of two missing workers were found Monday.

CN Rail suffered a minor derailment about 80 kilometres northeast of Prince George, company spokeperson Kelli Svendsen confirmed Monday. Thirteen coal cars jumped the track on its Tumbler subdivision at about 11:30 p.m.

The College of New Caledonia's (CNC) Burns Lake campus has put additional counselling and support services in place to help those affected by the tragic accident at Babine Forest Products.

Legal and civil rights advocates have joined forces against a B.C. government decision to close two jail units for girls in Victoria and Prince George. The B.C.

Unionized sawmill workers are being given an opportunity to reach out to their colleagues in Burns Lake following the explosion and fire that destroyed much of the Babine Forest Products sawmill on Friday evening.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has awarded a total of $141,615 to eight applicants to support their participation in the environmental review of the proposed Site C hydroelectric dam project in northeast B.C.

The public comment period on two documents related to Taseko Mines Ltd.'s controversial New Prosperity gold and copper mine southwest of Williams Lake is underway. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) is accepting comment until Feb.

The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has landed $87,376 of federal government funding towards paying for equipment to aid in the search for anti-cancer drugs.