Local News

British Columbia's Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall today issued a statement reassuring British Columbians that there is no expected health risk from radiation at the Japanese nuclear power plant.

Northern Health board of directors will hold the next regular meeting in Dawson Creek on April 14 and 15, 2011. The public meeting begins at 1:15 p.m. April 14th in Salon Room B of the Best Western Hotel, 500 Highway 2.

Youth are invited to enter videos of up to five minutes in length to the Kaleidoscope Real World Video Challenge highlighting why active global citizenship is important.

Prince George resident Victor Bowman received an Award of Merit at the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia's annual awards ceremony on March 10 in Vancouver.

Prince George has been nominated as the best place to fish in Canada as part of the 2011 WFN Ultimate Fishing Town contest.

Camping enthusiasts can now book their spots on the Berg Lake trail and the Bowron Lake canoe circuit. The BC Parks online reservation system, which began accepting requests for the two popular destinations on Tuesday, can be found at www.

The federal government has contributed more than $180,000 to provide training for the northern B.C. mining sector.

The Prince Rupert Port Authority has reached an agreement with the Coast Tsimshian First Nations that is meant to provide more certainty on a major container-handling expansion.

Three generous gifts by Prince George lumber firms has solidly laid a foundation for the northern cancer lodge as a home for future patients of the B.C. Cancer Agency Centre for the North.

With the help of someone who spent most of his formative years in one, University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) students gained a glimpse of life in a refugee camp on Tuesday.