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B.C. recorded a slight net loss of people migrating to other provinces in the first quarter of 2011, according to preliminary data compiled by Statistics Canada.

A 21-year-old man from Vanderhoof was issued a 90 day driving prohibition, had the dirt bike he was riding impounded for 30 days, and is ordered to pay a $500 after being caught with riding the vehicle on Beaver Road in Moricetown, Smithers.

The employment picture continues to improve with a regional jobless rate of 7 per cent in June compared to 8 per cent in May.

Trying to maintain market share in rapidly evolving gambling business, B.C. Lottery Corporation is looking at expanding its online games and tickets to mobile phones and tablets.

More than 40 residents who live along Kenny Dam Road have signed a request to council to consider changing the speed limit on the road to 80 kilometres per hour within the municipal boundaries.

The Grande Prairie Regional College Wolves have added forward, Amanda Van Dolah to their roster for the 2011 / 2012 ACAC season.

District staff will be presenting an idea to the Integris Credit Union Board of Directors next month regarding turning the current credit union building into a childcare facility.

A 10 per cent harmonized sales tax will cost an average B.C. family $255 a year less than returning to the former provincial sales tax, according to a new study.

The District of Vanderhoof council has passed a resolution to remove a diseased tree and to prune other trees in front of the cadet building on Burrard Avenue to improve the buildings security.

The Blackwater gold project has been acquired by a gold producing company who hope to see an open pit mine up and running at the site by 2017.