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Prince George Airport Authority was notified that Carson Air Flight 66 departing from Vancouver International Airport at 06:43 this morning for Prince George Airport (YXS) has lost contact with Nav Canada’s Kamloops Flight Information Centre. Carson Air Flight 66 is a cargo flight using a Metro II aircraft with two pilots on board. The airport authority is working with its partner agencies including rescue coordination centre who are currently responding. Operations at the Prince George...

Monica Lamb-Yorski Williams Lake Tribune The newly-formed Opposition Standing Committee for Agriculture made a stop in Williams Lake Thursday to hear from the region’s ranchers and farmers. “We heard 12 presentations,” said MLA Lana Popham who chairs the committee comprised of New Democratic MLAs Robin Austin, Raj Chouchan, Katrine Conroy, Nicholas Simons and Independent MLA Vicky Huntington. “One of the main concerns we heard was around meat regulations and how difficult it is for farmers...

The Board of Education of School District No. 57 (Prince George) has embarked on a program to develop a shared mission, vision, core values and goals that will provide overall strategic direction for the school district over the next five years. Members of the community are invited to participate in the research component of this project. “Community engagement is important, as it will allow us to gain valuable insight into the current state of our school district and its future...

With both Victoria and Ottawa pondering the value of the B.C. Treaty Commission process and last year’s Tsilqot’in Supreme Court decision, one thing is certain, the issue of land claims won’t go away. In addition, dealing with First Nations in an open, up-front way will get results. That was the message given by a couple of First Nations leaders at the Council of Forest Industries convention in Prince George on Wednesday. “The courts bring us victories,” said Dallas Smith, President and...

While the previous city administration was marked by how many people it laid off, the current administration seems to be on a bit of a hiring binge. According to the city website, it has recently closed its postings for 15 full-time workers, two seasonal workers, three irregular part-time workers, and one full-time worker for a limited duration. These jobs are across the board from a gardener to police support to deputy corporate officer. Job posting that haven’t closed yet include up to...

The province has tabled a balanced budget. But what does that really mean for ordinary families?. According to NDP leader John Horgan, it means the middle class in British Columbia is getting squeezed, while the top two per cent of income earners in the province get a tax break. “They’ve taken $700 million in new fees and taxes from regular people through ICBC increases, Hydro increases, Medical Services Premium increases, camping fee increases, and the list goes on and on,” he said...

  In the weeks since the resignation of several key people who took care of business at the local SPCA, silence has prevailed at the organization’s head office, says Michael Fazakas. Fazakas is the former chair of the local organization’s community council. He and seven council members quit their positions within a two week span in March after the local shelter’s general manager Angela McLaren and contract fundraiser Andrea Sowers both resigned. Both former employees pointed to...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identities of two teens who died following a motor vehicle incident near McLeod Lake on April 3. Dead are Leslie David Avery Jr., 17, and Ian Daryl Potvin, 16, both of Mackenzie. Leslie Avery was the driver of, and Ian Potvin a passenger in, a car heading northbound on Highway 97 about 6:45 a.m. on April 3. About 200 metres north of Tudyah Lake Provincial Park, the car was in a collision with a southbound pickup truck hauling a flatbed trailer....

Kerry-Lynne Findlay is proud of a pair of golden scissors that sit on her desk. The scissors come from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and are in recognition of the federal government’s efforts to cut red tape for small business. Findlay is the minister of national revenue and so much of her work is spent trying to eliminate red tape. “Red tape, as the prime minister has said, is the silent killer of jobs, we know that,” Findlay said during stop at the Prince George Chamber...