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An 18-month pilot project that provides skills training to forest workers in the North ends July 31. The Forest Worker Skills Training Project (APT) is funded through a $2 million dollar labour market agreement between the Canadian Government, B.C.

The Prince George Service Canada Centre for Youth will be hosting different tables around the city to promote its annual Odd Job Week, from July 5 to 9.

A group of cyclists from Wells showed their support of the movement to protect Fish Lake by riding from Wells to Barkerville on June 29.

Former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm filed what he describes as a "show-stopping" lawsuit yesterday that challenges the constitutionality of HST in B.C. If successful, HST will no longer apply in the province.

Vancouver has Lilith on Canada Day. It is there as a festival and a political statement to remind us we have quality female musicians all around us.

Prince George city council is getting an update on the status of its Official Community Plan (OCP). The plan is meant to provide a guideline for future development. The city's MyP.G.

The long-awaited women's jail in Prince George is expected to be completed later this month. "Having a facility in Prince George will enable women in northern B.C.

City Council faces pressure to approve funding for the Downtown Business Improvement Association at Monday night's meeting. Council agreed to support the DBIA with annual funding in the amount of $200,000 provided there was a detailed budget.

Nobody is prouder than the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Canada day.

A 27-year-old man has died from injuries suffered in a weekend motor vehicle accident in Prince George. On July 4 at about 1 a.m.