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Specialist doctors will now be able to bill for a package of new fees as part of a $45 million program the province hopes will cut down on trips to the emergency room and unnecessary referrals.

A court appearance for the man accused of a double murder off Blackwater Road has been put over to May 4. Michael James Bartley, 36, was previously scheduled to appear on Tuesday.

The warmer-than-usual spring hasn't translated into an early emergence of bears from their dens but that doesn't mean residents shouldn't get themselves ready, says conservation officer Gary Van Spengen.

Powered by a 2,200-position surge in the number of people holding down jobs, the city's unemployment rate tumbled three percentage points to 9.3 per cent last month, according to labour market survey results from Statistics Canada.

Vanderhoof RCMP report the man who died in an April 4 collision in Fraser Lake is David Wayne McEntire of Burns Lake. He was 40 years old.

The provincial government will provide the College of New Caledonia with nearly $2.7 million in one-time funding to establish a Medical Radiography Technology (MRT) program.

RCMP report that a $5,000 laptop was stolen April 9 or 10 from a vehicle in the 2600 block of Inlander Street. Despite the item being secured and hidden, thieves managed to gain entry to steal the IBM Thinkpad laptop, said Cst. Jayson Hanson.

RCMP located a large indoor grow operation April 10 in the Springhouse area near Williams Lake.Police found more than 1,800 marijuana plants on the property with an estimated annual value of $1.

Fraser Lake RCMP responded April 10 to a report of a sexual assault on the Nautley Reserve. A 23-year-old male was arrested for the assault on a person less than 16 years.

The provincial government needs to stop the "chronic underfunding" of institutions like Prince George's College of New Caledonia, said the head of the union representing over 10,000 instructors and educators across B.C.