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Not a single contaminated marijuana grow-op site in the Cariboo has been cleaned up since an RCMP crackdown started six months ago.

Don't be alarmed - those strange little symbols you've noticed in newspapers and magazines are not signs of a bizarre conspiracy or alien technology.

Newly-minted Premier Christy Clark made Prince George her first official stop outside of Victoria on Friday, helping to celebrate a blue-ribbon opening of UNBC's $22-million bioenergy heating project.

Two 12-year-old girls have worked hard to collect $1,700 in donations from the community to help those in crisis in Japan.

Eena Lake resident Jim Brassard is sick of winter visitors to the lake leaving their beer cans and trash behind. Eena Lake is located south of Nukko Lake, just off Chief Lake Road. The lake is a popular destination for anglers all year long.

On one of the first days hinting of spring, a mixed spruce-pine-birch forest on the cutbanks above the Nechako River literally breaths life for its surrounding community.

Taseko Mines Ltd. has been informed by the federal government they need to provide more information for a revised project plan for its Prosperity gold and copper mine.

A UNBC undergraduate student has the prestige of being the top ranking applicant for a research scholarship by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon Region. Randi Woodbeck of Houston B.C. is receiving the $6,000 J.M.

Residents will take to the streets to oppose racism today. Monday is the International Day For the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. UNBC student Daniel Gallant is organizing a march to show opposition to racism in Prince George.

If there is one group that embodies the challenges and opportunities in the forest sector, it is First Nations. Aboriginal people have been calling for access to timber resources and a stake in land-based decisions for years.