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Prince George mill reopens a month after deadly explosion killed two workers
Prince George :: Canada | 12 months ago
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A northern British Columbia lumber mill damaged in a deadly explosion last month reopened Monday for a six-week, temporary stint that will see 22 workers return to their jobs, but the facility's future still remains in doubt. Two workers were killed
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B.C. earmarks $1 million for workers displaced by Burns Lake sawmill fire
Vancouver :: Canada | 1 year ago
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The provincial government has earmarked $1 million of a $14 million highway infrastructure investment plan in the Nechako Lakes region to provide day labour contracts to workers displaced by the devastating sawmill fire in Burns Lake in January that
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Doctor shortage in northern B.C. ongoing concern
Toronto :: Canada | 1 year ago
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James Medical Clinic, but Dr. Paul Stent is starting to feel the stress of being the only full-time physician on the job. Stent is the only doctor handling medical calls in the northern B.C. city which has tried unsuccessfully to recruit new doctors
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Burns Lake jobs fair sparks hope in struggling town
Vancouver :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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The struggling village of Burns Lake held a jobs fair Friday, its first since an explosion and fire last month destroyed the community's main employer and left two local men dead. The tone that was set, as people came through and were wondering what
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Human remains on B.C. reserve ID'd
Prince George :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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The victim is 28-year-old Fribjon Bjornson, and police say his family has been notified. Bjornson was reported missing on January 21, and the remains were reported to police Wednesday afternoon. The reserve is located about 150 km northwest of Prince
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Body recovered from debris of B.C. sawmill fire
Burns Lake :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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Three days after an explosion ripped through the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C., the BC Coroners Services has recovered a body in the debris, dimming the hopes of the families that are keeping vigil for two missing workers. The Burns
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Mill workers heard desperate pleas of ‘save us’ over radio
Prince George :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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I looked behind me and saw a big ball of fire going up, said Williams, a forklift operator at the Babine Forest Products sawmill east of Burns Lake, about 228 kilometres west of Prince George. We thought it was another forklift driver ... we ran and
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19 injured in British Columbia mill blast
Burns Lake :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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At least 19 people were injured, four critically, in an explosion and fire at a British Columbia sawmill, Canadian officials said. Two people were believed to be missing after the blast and fire Friday night gutted the Babine Forest Products facility
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Lake Babine natives celebrate revived sockeye fishery
Toronto :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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A traditional native fishery on the Babine River, that was shut down by the federal government a century ago for conservation reasons, was reopened this summer because it is now seen as a model for sustainable fishing. Donna Macintyre , fisheries
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The fight over Mount Milligan mine
Vancouver :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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When then-federal-environment-minister Jim Prentice announced verdicts on two proposed British Columbia mines on Nov. 2, his thumbs-down on the Prosperity project got the most attention. The proposed Prosperity mine, about 125 kilometres southwest of
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