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Winter hours go into effect this weekend at the Railway and Forestry Museum in Prince George. From Thursday through the long weekend in May the museum will be open Tuesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum will also be closed Nov.

B.C.'s largest construction company, Ledcor Industries, is holding a two-day job hiring fair in Prince George in early September, touting the event as a sign of a recovering economy in northern B.C.

A full class of 32 practical nursing students will graduate Friday at College of New Caledonia. The annual convocation ceremony, featuring 28 women and four men, is at 2 p.m.

Among the biggest highlights of the new public school term in September will be the intake of more than 21,000 full-time kindergarten students throughout B.C.

A northern British Columbian is among the stellar names on the Order of Canada appointments this year.

Return to Jesus Christ Ministries and Christ for First Nations will host Gospel Revival tent meetings Friday and Saturday night at 6:30 and on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Carney Hill school grounds at the corner of Victoria and Diefenbaker.

A community group working to save the endangered Nechako White Sturgeon have secured funding to continue their efforts to build awareness, but have not been able to secure financing for an estimated $3.5-million recovery facility.

A Carrier Sekani Tribal Council official kicked off Tuesday's hearings into Enbridge's proposed pipeline across northern B.C. on a defiant note with an emphatic rejection of the $5.5 billion project.

Among the biggest highlights of the new public school term in September will be the intake of more than 21,000 full-time kindergarten students throughout B.C.

Future RCMP officers who work with high-risk youth will be trained in a newly-launched national training program designed to help prevent school tragedies like shootings and suicide.