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British Columbia is already shipping products like lumber, pulp and coal to the growing Asian economy, which includes China Japan and South Korea.

Prince George RCMP was called to an armed robbery at the 7-Eleven convenience store on Queensway during the early hours Wednesday. The clerk there alleged a lone First Nations woman came in and demanded cigarettes and money.

A Report on Pain released Tuesday revealed that for those Canadians living with chronic pain, a long wait for diagnosis doesn't mean treatment is close at hand.

B.C.'s chief forester reduced the annual timber harvest in the Prince George and Quesnel areas on Tuesday from its peak at the height of the pine beetle epidemic. In Prince George, the amount of timber allowed logged each year has been reduced to 12.

Thefts of two large televisions from a Prince George hotel has led to a three month sentence for a man suspected of committing several other similar crimes.

Eric Allen said he is not done opposing the construction of a new RCMP detachment. Only two per cent of the public opposed the project through an alternate approval process (AAP), which Allen spearheaded.

During the B.C. Police Winter CounterAttack Campaign numbers of drunk drivers nabbed went up and fatalities went down, making the province-wide program a success, said Cpl. Jamie Chung of "E" Division Traffic Services.

Prince George RCMP have issued photos of a man suspected of sneaking into the 3rd Avenue Dairy Queen and stealing an employee's purse and some cash from the office. The photos come from the outlet's security camera. The incident occurred on Dec.

A outage left 762 customers without electricity along North Nechako Road Wednesday night. B.C. Hydro spokeperson Bob Gammer estimated power would be restored a few hours later, shortly after midnight.

The year 2010 was 'beary' tough on bears in Prince George with 87 destroyed. The 86 black bears and one grizzly provided more than 1,900 complaints to conservation officers.