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Taseko Mines has passed a major hurdle for its proposed $800-million Prosperity gold and copper mine in Central B.C. The provincial government announced Thursday the project had passed an environmental review led by the B.C.

The announcement by College of New Caledonia to hire 50 aboriginal individuals over the next five years wasn't something that happened overnight or without a lot of negotiating, said the president of the Faculty Association.

Warm weather and a scheduling mix-up made for enhanced training for some northern paramedics in Prince George, Thursday. "This was very impromptu," said Richard Kennelly, B.C. Ambulance Service's superintendent of the northern B.C. region.

Police in the Lakes District are releasing more information on the fatal motor vehicle incident that claimed one life in Burns Lake last week. The MVI occurred on Jan. 5 just before 4 p.m.

Northern B.C.'s newest lumber player, Conifex, is bullish on the future, calculating that lumber supply constraints, a continually growing U.S. population, and the advent of a Chinese market will jack up prices in the medium-term future.

The provincial government lost an arbitration ruling on class size violations across the province. Arbitrator James Dorsey ordered the government to compensate B.C.

Prince George is among the Canadian towns and cities that have a chance to be included on a new Canadian edition of Monopoly. The top 20 cities, as determined in an online vote at www.monopolyvote.ca, will be included.

U.S. oil and gas company Apache Corp. announced Wednesday it has signed an agreement to buy a 51-per cent stake in Kitimat LNG's proposed $3-billion liquified natural gas terminal in northern B.C.

B.C. Forests Minister Pat Bell rolled out two new policy initiatives Wednesday to help the bioenergy industry get more secure access to waste fibre needed to fuel growth of their fledgling sector.

The former owner of a Prince George hair salon has been fined for tax evasion.