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Education minister George Abbott is maintaining an arm's length approach to the ongoing contract talks between teachers and the province's bargaining agent. In a conference call with northern B.C.

Prince George-based Napp Enterprises has been awarded a $417,000 contract to demolish the Prince George Hotel.

Fog is limiting visibility on Highway 97 South, DriveBC is warning. The service, provided by the B.C. transportation ministry, says the trouble is noticeably from 26 kilometres north of Hixon to 30 kilometres north of Quesnel.

The City of Prince George will delay a censure hearing against councillor Brian Skakun to allow the B.C. Supreme Court time to hear an injunction petition by the embattled official. At a special meeting on Wednesday, city council extended the Sept.

A class of 16 students from the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and their instructors recently completed the first detailed assessment of biodiversity in a historically significant section of B.C.'s Skeena estuary.

A small group of concerned citizens is calling on the provincial government to end the widespread spraying of herbicide on public forests in the Central Interior.

Local cycling enthusiasts are gathering on the last Friday of every month at the Civic Centre to participate in the worldwide monthly event, Critical Mass.

The B.C. Teachers Federation (BCTF) will file strike notice today to take effect on Tuesday - but they won't immediately take to the picket lines.

A victim of graffiti has come to terms with the defacing of his property after the vandals agreed to fix the damage.

A city bus was involved in a collision with two cyclists at the intersection of University Way and Foothills Boulevard Tuesday evening, say witnesses at the scene. No further details were forthcoming.