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An increase in copper shipments to Japan through the Port of Vancouver and additional daily flights from Tokyo through Vancouver International Airport highlight the a Pacific Gateway Alliance mission to Asia.

B.C. Liquor Stores annual Share a Bear program starts up on Monday and this year, twin bears will be polar bear cubs outfitted with sparkly scarves - one blue and one silver - will be the centrepiece.

It cost more than $23,000 but a cleanup of the cutbanks last month yielded plenty of garbage.

A Prince George man has been sentenced to seven years in jail for maintaining a seven-year sexual relationship with a boy he had he first encountered while babysitting.

As the Northwest Passage opens up due to global warming, a professor at the University of Northern British Columbia has released a book detailing the many side effects brought to both northern and southern polar regions by cruise tourists.

Icy roads caused havoc for the RCMP Friday morning as residents braved their first day of ice, heavy frost and some snow-covered streets. Const.

Food security is just one of topics that will be discussed at the annual Healthier You Expo. Don Bassermann will be discussing the "100 Mile Diet" talk at 2:40 p.m.

The Green Party is using organized crime as a barometer for society in general. A contingent from the political group was in Prince George to discuss the state of our city's gangs with RCMP Supt. Brenda Butterworth-Carr.

Two prominent figures in Prince George infrastructural science were given provincial honours this week. Frank Blues and Bruce Sutherland were both singled out by the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of B.C.

Mining industry representatives defended the controversial harmonized sales tax during a staged event in Prince George Wednesday, arguing that a more globally competitive mining sector is good for all British Columbians.