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Processing beetle-killed pine continues to be a struggle for West Fraser Timber Ltd., chief executive officer Hank Ketcham said Tuesday during a third-quarter conference call, although there is some hope for improvement.

Time flies at City Hall. It was just three years ago that voters were casting ballots to decide who would would be the mayor. It's now time to review the performance of those candidates who have served in the last term.

A father is being credited with saving his young daughter's life by stepping between her and their violent, 170-pound family pet. The family lives on Dave Road in the rural area off Blackwater Road, southwest of College Heights.

The largest medical education conference in North America will take place in Denver, Colorado, next month, and the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) will be there.

Already entrenched as one of the top-rated undergraduate universities in Canada, the University of Northern B.C. has reaffirmed that status in the 21st annual Maclean's magazine rankings, released Wednesday. The Prince George school ranks No.

The Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation has come forward with a $375,000 cure for patients who have been unable to find a family doctor to meet their medical needs.

Although students can usually be found stumbling half-dead during midterms, this weekend, they made like zombies for a different cause.

City council's committee of the whole endorsed increases to garbage rates, business license fees and development application fees - but backed away from water and sewer rate increases of up to 15 per cent.

Funding for five additional RCMP officers and eight additional firefighters won't be on the table when city council considers its budget for 2012 in February.

Promoting Prince George as a place to hold a convention is among the items the city can look forward to as the result of a new tourism strategy unveiled Tuesday by the provincial government, says jobs, tourism and innovation minister Pat Bell.