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UNBC president George Iwama expects to have shortly a clearer picture of the specifics for a wood innovation and design centre that's long been in the proposal stages for Prince George.

The cost of attending UNBC will be on the rise as the university's board of governors passed a two-per-cent increase to tuition fees on Saturday just prior to approving a $66.3-million operating budget for 2010-11.

A Prince George's businessman's claim his rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms combined with financial trouble entitle him to legal counsel at the public's expense has been rejected. In written judgment issued last week, B.C.

The master's project of a recent University of Northern British Columbia graduate has led to a place where Prince George residents can go for affordable counseling.

College of New Caledonia students will pay on average $50 more in tuition next year. The school's board of directors gave the OK to a two-per-cent increase in tuition on Friday just prior to approving a $46.

Homes and hotel or motel rooms built before 1979 must have smoke alarms installed by May 1, the provincial housing and social development ministry said Friday.

The sale of city-owned land to developer Otter Properties for a gambling centre, the city's $3-million contribution to the centre's parkade and the city's oversight of the project appear straightforward, from information in more than 1,000 pages of c

The city's transfer stations will switch to summer hours on Thursday. From April 1 to Oct. 31, the stations will operate from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on statutory holidays.

The search team combing the rubble-heaped Northern Thunderbird Air fire site for human remains came up empty as of noon on Friday. UNBC's Dr.

Milllions of people around the world will be turning off their lights for Earth Hour on Saturday night. Starting at 8:30 p.m., they will flip off their lights for 60 minutes to conserve power and show support for the fight against climate change.