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Taseko Mines Ltd. is not expecting to see a major impact on its revenue or production in the forseeable future as a result of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Prince George is riding on the wave of increased tourism to B.C. The number of people staying in Prince George hotels increased 5.7 per cent in January, compared with January, 2010.

Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation and MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie, will be on hand today at 11:45 a.m. at Pine Centre Mall (area near SportChek and the food court) to welcome the BC Place model tour as it stops in Prince George.

It's more than 100 years since Knox United Church began to serve it's congregational members in Prince George.

Six-year-old Raina Neufeld is collecting 11,920 pennies, nickels, dimes and quarter to support the Canadian Red Cross Japan Earthquake Fund. Raina set her goal based on the distance from Prince George to Japan.

A model of the revitalized BC Place will be on display at Pine Centre Mall.

Salvation Army pastor and envoy Bruce Kirk will be pulling triple duty for at least the next three months as he has been named the general manager and interim executive director at Baldy Hughes Addiction Treatment Centre and Therapeutic Community.

A Mountie had to fight for more than just the arrest of a suspect, early Tuesday morning. Police got the call at about 4:20 a.m. that the BX Cold Beer and Wine Store was in the process of a break-and-enter.

The Canadian forest industry has welcomed the federal government's decision to implement recommendations to improve rail freight services for shippers.

Wasn't there a major earthquake? And if I looked on page 7 of the world news I could have read about it.