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Conifex Timber Inc. president and CEO Ken Shields says the company, a new entrant to the northern B.C. forest sector, is poised for better results in 2011. The company, with operational headquarters in Fort St. James, posted a loss of $2.

Two 14-year-old high school students received minor injuries after being struck in a crosswalk by a mini-van Wednesday afternoon near Pine Centre Mall.

Festival of Trees brings nine days of kick-off-Christmas magic to the people of Prince George and area. The event Saturday through Nov.

The person killed in a two-vehicle collision Tuesday is Marjorie Ankerstein ,of Mackenzie.

A coalition of Canadian rail shippers, representing 18 industry associations, including in the forest sector, are calling on the Canadian government to implement regulatory action now to overcome a "lack of competition" in the Canadian rail sector.

The campaign to fight the HST led by former-premier Bill Vander Zalm has targeted three ridings in Vancouver Island in the first round of recalls, but central B.C. is also on the list.

Day one of the Salvation Army Kettle Campaign had a total of $2,037 with half of the 16 kettles manned.

A Christmas Candlelight Walk will be held Nov. 28 to commemorate the first Sunday of Advent which celebrates the coming birth of Jesus on Christmas. The event begins with a pot luck dinner at 5 p.m.

The B.C. Liberal Party has set a Feb. 12 vote to change the party's constitution to introduce a preferential ballot system to elect Premier Gordon Campbell's successor, which could give northern Liberals a bigger say in choosing a leader.

The Lheidli T'enneh First Nation will decide this Saturday in a referendum whether they will vote again on a treaty with the B.C. and federal governments rejected in 2007.