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The Downtown Business Improvement Association members took their time reviewing a development incentive report, but they have now come out swinging at it. The report, commissioned by city council, was written by Neilson-Welch/Leftside Partners.

RCMP STATEMENT Smithers RCMP responded to a report of a domestic disturbance early Sunday morning in Smithers, where a 42-year-old New Hazelton woman was stabbed and suffered non-life threatening injuries.

A jilted contractor's lawsuit against the Fraser-Fort George Regional District remains before the court nearly a year after it was first launched. An amended statement of defence from the regional district, dated April 22, 2010 and filed in B.C.

The city's workload for rezoning applications, development permits and variance permits has declined but so has the time it's taken to process them, according to a staff report to city council.

Mayor Dan Rogers has chosen Coun. Don Bassermann and Coun. Garth Frizzell to join him on a trip to Jiangmen, China in September.

The footbridge across the Fraser River in Quesnel was re-opened today following a $1.8-million, three-and-a-half-month facelift. The work consisted largely of replacing the decking and many of the truss members and metal connectors.

Terry Fox Foundation asks people to share stories about the Canadian icon

Purchase of nearly $233,000 worth of equipment for the Summit Lake community sewer system was approved by Fraser-Fort George Regional District directors on Thursday.

A proposal to establish a liquor store at the old Art Knapps Garden Centre on Highway 97 South was rejected by Fraser-Fort George Regional District directors on Thursday.

Hundreds are expected to gather at the Roll-A-Dome on Sunday for Hell Mend Ya, Prince George's largest metal show, to pay tribute to Anthony Chalise Rossetti, also affectionately known as Ace.