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Children at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. will find their stay there a little easier, thanks to some students from the University of Northern B.C. Students in the latest Masters Certificate in Project Management group were required to plan and execute a project as part of the course, and the latest cohort decided to do something that would benefit the community. “We had the opportunity to take on a real project,” says Fiona MacPherson, one of the students involved. “We raised...

Lynne Rozenboom knows the exact time her world changed. “At approximately 1 p.m. on May 13, 2008,” she told a crowd of about 50 at the Day of Mourning ceremony in Prince George on Tuesday, “my life changed, my children, my grandchildren, parents, friends.” That was when she was told her husband Dirk, a worker with BC Hydro, had been killed in a helicopter crash in Cranbrook. “It was a day like any other one,” she said. “He ate his oatmeal for...

Just two days after the College of New Caledonia announced it will suspend student intakes for the dental assistant and dental hygiene programs, the province coughed up some money for institution. However, it won’t be for the ailing dental programs. On Monday, Victoria announced $330,496 for 64 trade seats to reduce wait times for students entering an in-demand trade profession. Funding will go towards the following programs: Electrical: 16 Foundation seats; millwright: 16 Foundatio...

Whenever I see emails in my inbox from Humane Society International, I try not to open them. I know reading them is going to be painful. Brutal. Sometimes, I leave them until the end of the day so that I can be informed without being sick to my stomach. The issue is an emotional one for a lot of people. One that tugs at my heartstrings no matter how hard I try to turn the other way or how deep into the tar sands I bury my head. I pray that it will go away but prayer doesn’t always...

Where in the world can you hear about Cottagers, Gunners and Monkey Hangers all within a few minutes? Well, if you’re listening to a football (soccer) update from the United Kingdom, those are three team nicknames you might hear. Admittedly, there are a lot of teams over there with rather … well … boring nicknames. There are a lot of Blues, for instance, who wear home uniforms (or kit, as they call it in the United Kingdom) which are, yes, blue. The group of teams called...

As spring takes its slow path into summer; the dreams of gardens bursting with flowers and vegetables are constantly on the minds of many. We now actually believe summer will arrive. The process begins with the general cleanup of the debris left behind from last year. There are lawns that have to be cleared of the evergreen cones and the last leaves of autumn, which refused to leave the trees until well after the first snow was on the ground. This is when many of us realize we are...

Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen has expressed concern following the release of a report Tuesday from Canada’s Auditor General on the state of health services for remote First Nations communities. The report, entitled Access to Health Services for Remote First Nations Communities, focused on the state of care and facilities for remote First Nations communities in Ontario and Manitoba. But Cullen noted that the Conservative government’s underlying disregard for the health of indigenous...