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Conifex Timber Inc. plans to add second shifts at its sawmills in Fort St. James and Mackenzie in 2011, which is expected to improve the company's bottom line. The company, which bought the shuttered sawmills out of bankruptcy, restarted the Fort St.

The trial into whether Coun. Brian Skakun violated privacy legislation is set to resume for two more days starting tomorrow.

Prince George has a new fire chief. Deputy Chief John Lane will take the position of top firefighter starting on June 1. "Chief [Jeff] Rowland leaves a legacy of professionalism and pride, and I know he will be truly missed," said Lane.

Eric Ross has been given the gift of life twice in his lifetime - once when he was born and another on Nov. 12 when his heart stopped at the UNBC running track.

Police believe they've identified the Masich Place Stadium vandals. "Yes we do have names and we are doing the work to determine what should happen with that," said Prince George RCMP spokesman Cpl. Craig Douglass.

A Prince George stockbroker faces a hearing next week on allegations he carried out "manipulative or suspicious trading" in two junior oil and gas companies based in Ladner. Marco Myatovic, who works at Canaccord Genuity Corp.

VICTORIA - 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.

B.C. NDP leadership candidate Mike Farnworth unveiled his vision for northern and rural B.C. in Prince George on Sunday. The Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain MLA said he believes the government in Victoria needs to listen to the regions.

Embattled Fort St. John mayor Bruce Lantz responded to council's motion of censure for unacceptable behaviour at Monday night's city council meeting.

A Prince George man who was convicted and then later acquitted of a 1986 double murder in Vancouver when testimony from his wife was ruled inadmissible, was sentenced to 18 months probationi Monday for propositioning a 14-year-old girl in the Quesnel