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Vancouver-based CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd. has signed a letter of intent to purchase Northwest Wood Preservers from the BID Group of Companies.

Over 2,000 Prince George residents paid tribute Canada's fallen soldiers, sailors and air personnel in an emotional Remembrance Day ceremony Friday.

Boosted by an increasing number of Aboriginal students who completed secondary school, B.C. schools achieved their highest completion rate ever in the 2010-11 school year.

After a 41-year absence from Prince George, the Rocky Mountain Rangers took their place in the honour guard Thursday morning for the city's Remembrance Day ceremony.

Just south of Kitsumkalum Lake are Redsand and Treston Lakes, located in the Redsand Demonstration Forest. The lakes are part of the Kitsumkalum River and offer good fishing for cutthroat trout and dolly varden, both with lures and fly patterns.

It's time once again to remember those who sacrificed their lives to defend the powerless from tyranny. Prince George's annual Remembrance Day ceremonies continue to attract thousands of veterans and supporters without fail.

A woman who has been refusing treatment for tuberculosis has been arrested, Prince George RCMP Cpl. Craig Douglass confirmed Thursday. Freda Lynn Evans, 53, was apprehended last weekend, Douglass said, after a warrant for her arrested was issued Nov.

City staff will be working with the Prince George Regional Performing Arts Society to identify alternatives to fund the proposed $42.5 million centre. They'll revisit the issue on Dec. 19, according to city manager Derek Bates.

Restoring legal aid to funding levels in place a decade ago will not only make the justice system fairer but deliver a bigger bang for the taxpayer's buck, says the president of the B.C.

The fire at Victoria Towers has gone from minor inconvenience to one of the biggest residential disasters in known Prince George history.