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The University of Northern British Columbia might be the best place to celebrate the start of the Olympic Winter Games on Friday afternoon. Organized by the Northern Undergraduate Student Society, a winter carnival will kick off at 3 p.m.

A leading international figure in space science, technology, and renewable energy will be the University of Northern British Columbia's fifth chancellor. John S.

A leading international figure in space science, technology, and renewable energy will be the University of Northern British Columbia's fifth chancellor. John S.

Specific dates and times when the podium made from "beetle-enhanced" pine harvested at Forests for the World will be used at the Olympic Winter Games have been released: - Sat., Feb. 13, 5 to 7:30 p.m. men's short track speed skating, 1,500 m. - Wed.

A Prince George drug dealer was found guilty of kidnapping, confining and assaulting a customer for selling and smoking most of the cocaine he had been given to hold in trust after a defence that hinged largely on mistaken identity failed to sway a B

Two family doctors and a nurse all from the Robson Valley have returned after saving lives and saving limbs in Haiti. Dr. Josef Owega from McBride and Dr.

The province is using $1.2 million from a job-creation fund to reduce the fire risk and remove beetle-killed trees in several communities in the Cariboo region.

Canfor Corp., a major northern B.C. lumber producer, has posted a fourth-quarter loss of $17 million and full-year 2009 losses of $70.5 million after another tough year. Lumber prices had been depressed all year as a result of a collapse in U.S.

This year's 59th annual Prince George and District Music Festival will be highlighted by the return of a prominent musician who received his basic education here both in academics and music.

The University of Northern British Columbia might be the best place to celebrate the start of the Olympic Winter Games today. Organized by the Northern Undergraduate Student Society, a winter carnival will kick off at 3 p.m.