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A fairly tame affair turned into a rallying cry for improving health care in northern B.C. when Prince George Dr. Bert Kelly took to the stage at the annual Dr. Bob Ewert Memorial Lecture and Dinner on Saturday night.

A dedicated group of Prince George teenagers are preparing to experience a culture shock during an 18-day stay in Nairobi, Kenya.

An outbreak of parvovirus at the North Cariboo SPCA shelter has resulted in the shelter's dogs being quarantined. The virus can be deadly to dogs, and is particularly dangerous to puppies which have not been vaccinated.

An active, healthy community is the goal for Northern Medical Program students at UNBC who practice what they preach. The 32 students, who began studies in 2009 to become physicians, are holding the sixth annual Run for Rural Medicine at 9 a.m.

Only a few hours remain before residents in Mackenzie will know if their town is the next Kraft Hockeyville. The town, 175 km north of Prince George, is facing off against Conception Bay South, Nfld.; St. Raymond, Que.; Wolfe Island, Ont.

Mackenzie took the silver medal in the 2011 Kraft Hockeyville contest. On Saturday night Conception Bay South, Nfld. was named the winner of the annual competition.

In answer to declining enrollment, tweaking may be in store for a program that gives high school students a head start on careers in the trades.

The author of a recent report on the importance of collaboration between regional economic development agencies will speak at University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) on Wednesday evening.

The fate of Enbridge's $5.5-billion Northern Gateway oil pipeline in northern B.C. is at issue in the federal election, as two of the party's in the race are in favour of a moratorium on oil tankers off the northwest coast.

No records were set, but March was cold enough.