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Women not taking advantage of potentially life-saving service

Western Coal Corp. marked Friday the re-opening of its Willow Creek mine in northern B.C. two months ahead of schedule.

Watch your credit card to prevent being skimmed, says a Richmond RCMP officer. Cpl. Sherrdean Turley tells of an arrest of a 15-year-old youth working at a gas station who had a six-month crime spree of skimming customers paying with credit cards.

Insatiable alcoholics downtown have turned to non-beverage sources to get their cravings met.

Baldy Hughes Addiction Treatment Centre and Therapeutic Community received an unexpected donation earlier this week courtesy of the North Central Local Government Association. Proceeds of $744.

Local governments will receive twice as much federal gas tax money and get it three months early, Cariboo-Priince George MP Dick Harris said Thursday. The city will get $2.9 million and the regional district will get $657,619.

Latino-Canadian Association of Northern B.C. presents the second annual Latin Festival June 13 at the Hart Community Centre.

It's expected positions will have been found for most of the teachers affected by school closures, Prince George District Teachers Association vice president Matt Pearce said Thursday.

Quesnel is holding its first airshow this weekend. SkyFest 2010, on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A bike rodeo, barbecue, and buzz off will be part of this year's preliminary launch at Canadian Tire for the ninth annual Cops for Cancer Tour de North .