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Province pumps more money into Geoscience B.C.

The B.C. Liberal government is contributing another $12 million to industry-led Geoscience B.C., an agency that provides high-level mineral exploration data in an effort to spark mining interest in the province.

Northgate proceeds on proposed Kemess North underground mine

Northgate Minerals expects to spend $1.4 million this year on examining the prospects of an underground gold and copper mine project in northern B.C.

School rankings "product" of marketer, says PGDTA

Prince George and District Teachers Association vice president Matt Pearce dismissed the latest Fraser Institute rankings as the "product" of someone without any experience in education.

Hide and seek ended with sexual assault

A night of drinking and a game of hide and seek led to something much more sinister, a Supreme Court Justice concluded, in finding a Prince George man guilty last week of sexually assaulting a young woman early last year.

Calling new police dispatchers

Police in Northern B.C. are dispatching a call to the public.

Fire takes two lives

Two people, both male, were killed early Tuesday in a fire at the College Heights Trailer Park.
Biker senior sex assault suspect says police have the wrong man

Biker senior sex assault suspect says police have the wrong man

A man who last made the news for his charitable work is speaking out after seeing his photo in a paper as a suspect for a crime he said he did not commit.

Trailer home blaze kills one

A fire in a Prince George trailer park early Tuesday morning has claimed at least one life. Prince George Fire Rescue said one person died and another remains unaccounted for following the blaze at College Heights Trailer Park on O'Grady Road.
Violent criminal refused to cooperate with court

Violent criminal refused to cooperate with court

A judge backed away Tuesday from ordering a psychological assessment for a violent criminal after the subject made it clear he would not cooperate.

Mount Milligan construction cost rises

Thompson Creek just approved a $350 million cost increase in the mine in northern B.C. to $1.265 billion.