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It was daring. It was brazen. It was planned. It was theft. It was carried out in the middle of the afternoon. The object of the thief’s affection was an electric, wall-mounted fireplace. Shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, a man walked into the BBK Bottle Depot on Peterson Road in Prince George. According to security tape viewed by owner Austin Kim the next day, the man dropped off some recyclables and then casually went over to the wall-mounted fireplace and unplugged it. He returned about 90...

by Kolby Solinsky - BC Local News The Vancouver Canucks have found their new president – one day after axing the old, still cold one. On Wednesday, the Canucks announced that Trevor Linden will take over as the team’s President, Hockey Operations and Alternate Governor, NHL. Linden, who currently runs his Club 16 fitness chain, spent 16 years with the Canucks as a player. Drafted second overall (behind Mike Modano) in 1998, he captained the Canucks to a Stanley Cup Final in...

The Annual Environmental Show is on exhibit at Artspace. This year’s theme is all about what we throw away and how that adds up to an unsightly disposal ground over time. REFUSE: A Throw-Away Society features artworks, installations and poems by a number of local artists who want to draw attention to the garbage, the clutter, the plastic wrappers, the throw away containers and all the other refuse that ends up on our streets and in our midst. Mary MacDonald explains that her piece, a poem...

There was a common theme talking to bowlers at the Strike Zone on a recent Sunday morning. Duffy Lougheed was more than a good bowler. He was a friend. “He was a real people person,” said Ryan Paziuk, who organized the small tournament to raise funds to help Lougheed’s family. “I would say he was an icon in the bowling community. He bowled in every league he was eligible for.” Lougheed died recently after a heart attack. He was 51. Mike Boroja was never teammates with Lougheed, but he was...

VICTORIA – The B.C. government has signed its first two revenue sharing agreements with aboriginal communities on the North Coast for liquefied natural gas developments. Agreements were signed at the B.C. legislature Wednesday with representatives of the Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla First Nations near Prince Rupert. The two Tsimshian communities claim lands known as Grassy Point as part of their traditional territory, and the agreements could mean up to $15 million from LNG export...