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West Fraser Timber announced Tuesday it has completed the sale of its deep sea wharf and related assets to Rio Tinto Alcan. The wharf formed part of West Fraser's Eurocan linerboard and kraft paper mill in Kitimat, which was closed in January 2010.

Central Fort George traditional elementary school will close August 31, 2011 after it was announced during a school board trustees meeting March 30, 2010.

The jury for a first-degree murder trial at Prince George courthouse heard Friday from a man who claims Anthony Robert Willier confided to him that he shot Nathan Alcide Marshall.

An enrollment decline and structural deficiencies led School District trustees to the tough decision to shut Central Fort George Traditional School on August 31, said School District superintendent of schools, Brian Pepper.

Crown and defence lawyers in the first-degree murder trial for Anthony Robert Willier will give their closing submissions tomorrow after Crown counsel Oleh Kuzma told the court today no more witnesses will be called.

The sweat is starting to build under a lot of local uniforms. The World Police and Fire Games begin this week. The event is held every two years at different locations around the globe, and this year it is in New York City. RCMP Const.

The time spent poring over a restaurant menu could get longer, but with healthy benefits, if local eateries sign on to a new provincial program. Last week, the Ministry of Health announced a $1.

Jobs, tourism and innovation minister Pat Bell is confident Interior British Columbia lumber companies will come out ahead in the face of he United States' claim for a $499 million penalty in a complaint filed under the Softwood Lumber Agreement.

For recently retired teacher Larry Stewart, home for the last nine years has been Central Fort George Traditional school. "Grade 7 was my world," said Stewart, who ended his career in June. "It was just fantastic and I loved it there.

A new RCMP plane is flying over Northern B.C.