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Briefs from the March 17 Regional District of Fraser-Fort George Board of Directors meeting

The Prince George Chamber of Commerce supports the B.C. Liberal government's announced hike of the minimum wage on Wednesday to $10.25 by May 2012.

The wall of support is building to repair the vandalized walls of Masich Stadium.

An important leadership position for the new BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North has been hired. LaDonna Fehr has been appointed to the position of Director of Clinical Operations - Systemic Therapy for the new cancer centre.

The B.C. lumber industry is standing by to see how wood-frame construction fared in Japan's devastating earthquake, but is optimistic.

The Tiesto gig scheduled for April 27 at CN Centre has been canceled due to unforeseen technical limitations of the venue.

For the first time in more than a decade, the BC Court of Appeal is travelling to B.C.'s northern capital to hear a case.

City councillor Brian Skakun was accused of being deliberately evasive on the date he leaked confidential documents to a local media outlet in a bid to escape prosecution on the basis of a one-year time limit on laying charges under provincial privac

Enbridge has denounced a hoax that claimed the Calgary-based company was collecting hair to absorb oil in case of a spill from the proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline in northern B.C.

A pickup rollover sent the lone occupant to hospital, Wednesday morning. Police are now conducting an investigation, but have ruled alcohol out as a factor. "The conditions were fine," said Prince George RCMP spokesman Gary Godwin.