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It was a chance Jennifer Pighin knew she couldn’t miss. “I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to design the medals,” the Lheidlh T’enneh band member said at the unveiling of the 2015 Canada Winter Games medals on Friday morning. “I wanted to celebrate our community as well as the athletes.” Pighin said she wanted to incorporate a number of elements into the design for the medals, which were produced by Teck. “The wolf track signifies how wolves...

The RCMP North district Major Crime Unit has arrested one man in connection with the 2013 death of a 21-year-old woman. Twenty-six year old Garrett Steven George has been arrested and charged with second degree murder in the death of Destiny Rae Tom. On Saturday March 23, 2013, at 5:25 a.m. the Fraser Lake RCMP responded to a 911 call in the Fort Fraser area where they found Destiny Rae Tom deceased outside of a residence. Tom was a resident of the Nadleh First Nations reserve and the...

There was a local connection to the Canada Games Hall of Honour induction ceremony Thursday, even though no one from Prince George was being inducted. Badminton BC president Lisa Davison of Prince George presented Abdul Skaikh with his trophy as he was inducted into the builders’ area of the Hall, while Judo BC provincial head coach Bruce Kamstra accepted the award for judoka Nicolas Gil. Gil was unable to attend the ceremony, held at the Treasure Cove Casino Show Lounge, as his wife had...

Inside it looks like any other emergency room with hospital beds and equipment, monitors and machinery. The difference is, this one is on wheels. The Mobile Medical Unit arrived at University Hospital of Northern B.C. (UHNBC) this week and media were invited Thursday to see its many features, including the patient simulation program which has mannequins that can be programmed to imitate a number of medical scenarios. The hospital on wheels is intended to support staff and physicians during...

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