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On one of the first days hinting of spring, a mixed spruce-pine-birch forest on the cutbanks above the Nechako River literally breaths life for its surrounding community.

Taseko Mines Ltd. has been informed by the federal government they need to provide more information for a revised project plan for its Prosperity gold and copper mine.

A UNBC undergraduate student has the prestige of being the top ranking applicant for a research scholarship by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon Region. Randi Woodbeck of Houston B.C. is receiving the $6,000 J.M.

Residents will take to the streets to oppose racism today. Monday is the International Day For the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. UNBC student Daniel Gallant is organizing a march to show opposition to racism in Prince George.

If there is one group that embodies the challenges and opportunities in the forest sector, it is First Nations. Aboriginal people have been calling for access to timber resources and a stake in land-based decisions for years.

- The UN's State of the World's Forests report outlines that North America showed a slight increase in forest area between 1990 and 2010. Canada's forested area remained constant at 310 million hectares.

In north-central B.C., there are new forest sectors emerging. A half dozen wood pellet mills pepper north-central B.C., the latest plant earmarked for Burns Lake.

NDP leadership candidate John Horgan called for timber rights reform and rolling back some of the sweeping forest policy changes the Liberals introduced in the middle of the last decade.

Fraser-Fort George Regional District (FFGRD) directors have adopted a "status quo budget" that will see only minor changes in the bills property owners will pay.

The times they are a-changing, and hardly anyone seems to care. New regulations regarding home mortgages and the refinancing of existing homes come into effect today.