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The official nomination period for the 2014 general local election in Prince George will begin one week from today on September 30, 2014 at 9 a.m. This is also the first date candidates can begin setting up campaign signs around the city. On October 10, 2014 at 4 p.m. the nomination period ends and candidates will be officially declared by the Chief Election Officer.

While things might not be as good in the forest industry as they once were, things are certainly better than they were a just a few short years ago. “Things are good in the forest industry,” said James Gorman, president and chief executive officer for the Council of Forest Industries. “From a market perspective, things are improving. The days of 2008 and 2009 are certainly behind us.” That improvement comes on two fronts – a minor rebound in the U.S. housing market and continuing emergence...

It’s probably less than a couple of grams of dust. Not much in the scheme of things. In fact, if you knocked over your can of icing sugar you’d probably spill more on the floor. And, dust has pretty much the same consistency as icing sugar. Those couple of grams of dust, however, when blown over a spark, create an instantaneous wall of flame about three feet high. It’s a dust explosion. When done by UNBC chemistry professor Todd Whitcombe, it’s an exciting but sobering demonstration. That...

It’s been moved and seconded. Now the challenge is to get the legislation passed. NDP MP Nathan Cullen tabled a private members bill in Ottawa Tuesday that, if successful, would ban supertankers from plying the north coast of the province, change how the National Energy Board looks at major projects, and put an irrevocable nail in the Northern Gateway coffin. “The government of Canada does seem to care what product is being shipped,” he said Tuesday after tabling the bill. “That doesn’t...

WHISTLER – The B.C. health ministry is aiming to add up to 80 rural ambulance paramedic positions in small communities by combining their duties with local care facilities. Health Minister Terry Lake said the approach to maintain rural ambulance service has been tried for several years, but was hampered by restrictions in the paramedics’ union contract. New contract terms have been worked out with the B.C. Ambulance Service and the ministry is working with other health care...

Lara Johnston will be opening Oct. 24 for the Dobbie Brothers at CN Centre. The singer-songwriter has a powerful voice, dynamic stage presence and catchy, soulful pop songs that have resonated with audiences around the world, it says on her website. She has toured extensively, both as a solo artist and as a backing vocalist. Johnston was selected from over 7,500 competitors as the first Grand Prize Winner of the Unsigned Only Competition for her song, K.I.S.S. She’s been featured on...