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The province is revamping its wildlife strategy to better protect communities from wildfire and to take into account the impacts of global warming, B.C. Forests Minister Pat Bell announced today.

Gangs succeeded not only in muddying a good time at a weekend dance, but also in causing some infighting between police and the event co-ordinator.

The B.C. government's trade mission to China, which included several stakeholders from Prince George, had a northern agenda.

Theatre North West presents I, Claudia until Oct. 16. The opening season play finds Claudia a 12 -year-old girl in her secret hideaway at her elementary school dealing with her dad, her step-mom and her own life.

Prince George won't have to build a lot of expensive buildings to host the Canada Winter Games.

The labour movement is not against taxes, but the HST is the wrong tax at the wrong time on the wrong people, says B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair.

A bathroom fan is the centre of an investigation into a house fire in College Heights. The home on Madden Place was ablaze at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. Fifteen firefighters from three halls responded.

Operation Red Nose is recruiting volunteers Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Atrium at the College of New Caledonia.

Education expert Gary Anaka will be in Prince George on Tuesday evening to present a workshop on the "magical teenage brain." Hosted by the Prince George Child Care Association, it will be held at the Hart Community Centre, 4900 West Austin Road.

More air quality testing in the city has shown formaldehyde levels below provincial limits. The test results were released by the Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable on Wednesday. The testing on July Aug.