The BC Coroners Service is investigating the death of a 2 year old Chetwynd child that occurred the evening of Jan. 7, 2017, at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) in Vancouver. The child had been admitted to the hospital in Chetwynd in the early hours of Jan. 7, and later transferred to BCCH.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following an avalanche south of Valemount on Dec. 30, 2016.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman who died on Dec. 26, 2016, following a residential structure fire in Smithers.

The Province, in partnership with the BC Lung Association, is improving air quality throughout B.C. by providing $13,600 to the Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable as part of the Provincial Wood Stove Exchange Program.

The ministers of Environment and Energy and Mines have approved the Giscome Quarry and Lime Plant project, located 27 kilometres from Prince George.

Up to 52 British Columbians from Prince George, Fort St. James and Kelowna are getting the training they need to become cooks and professional log truck operators, thanks to a federal-provincial partnership under the Canada-B.C. Job Fund Agreement.

A new skills training project will ensure more First Nations members can successfully pursue occupations as career-development practitioners and training-program co-ordinators.

Reducing barriers to job success and ensuring more First Nations members can access the skills training they need to acquire sustainable employment are the goals of a training project underway with the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation and McLeod Lake Indian Band.

The B.C. government has distributed $1,813,345 in compensation for municipal property taxes to the City of Prince George.