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Canim Lake Band Health Dept/Interior Health Catherine Britwistle, left, offers information to Corey Archie, Colleen Amut and Alexandria Peters at the Canim Lake Band Community Career Fair held in the band’s gymnasium on Feb. 3.

Canim Lake career fair well received

Educational event welcomed 80 enthusiastic attendees

Canim Lake Band Health Dept/Interior Health Catherine Britwistle, left, offers information to Corey Archie, Colleen Amut and Alexandria Peters at the Canim Lake Band Community Career Fair held in the band’s gymnasium on Feb. 3.

$35-million boost for provincial parks

More rangers, programs plus new BC Parks Foundation

Hydro tax cut considered

Mayors support PST removal from BC Hydro bills to match other jurisdictions.

CRD seeks tax changes

Family Business Transfer Tax ‘unfair to families’ according to CRD

Film series focuses on sustainability

Explores various views of families, mining and recycling

Cariboo Strong senior facilitator Kristin St. Jean was the guest speaker at the South Cariboo Community Planning Council’s Christmas Round Table Meeting on Dec. 15. With local resource sectors facing a decline, she stressed the importance of having a development program in place so other sectors can help communities maintain their economic and employment equilibrium.

Focus on economic hope

Round table focuses on opportunities in other sectors

Cariboo Strong senior facilitator Kristin St. Jean was the guest speaker at the South Cariboo Community Planning Council’s Christmas Round Table Meeting on Dec. 15. With local resource sectors facing a decline, she stressed the importance of having a development program in place so other sectors can help communities maintain their economic and employment equilibrium.

Fire beetle infestation leads to logging

Canim Lake Band foresters meet with South shore residents

Don Nelson and Cecilia Fraser lost their rental home and all their household and personal possessions when their mobile home was badly damaged by fire on Jan. 13. The bedroom, at the back, was directly above the electric heater that is believed to have started the fire. The heater was near pipes and a pressure tank to prevent its water lines from freezing.

Firefighters battle structure fire in Forest Grove

100 Mile House Fire Rescue supported Forest Grove Fire Department

Don Nelson and Cecilia Fraser lost their rental home and all their household and personal possessions when their mobile home was badly damaged by fire on Jan. 13. The bedroom, at the back, was directly above the electric heater that is believed to have started the fire. The heater was near pipes and a pressure tank to prevent its water lines from freezing.
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod says with Canada exporting about $4.7-billion US dollars worth of lumber, the current potential for going back to preliminary duties on its wood products is sure to impact the forestry sector in British Columbia.

Softwood dispute hit the skids

Trade commission rules U.S. industry ‘injured’ by Canada

Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod says with Canada exporting about $4.7-billion US dollars worth of lumber, the current potential for going back to preliminary duties on its wood products is sure to impact the forestry sector in British Columbia.

Province pledges to hire more school teachers

Education Minister reacts to Supreme Court decision

Conservation Officers rescued a deer entangled in Christmas lights from a backyard in 108 Mile Ranch in November. Local CO James Zucchelli recommends residents and businesses don't decorate their trees and bushes too far before the holidays while the deer are still rutting.

COs rescue deer caught in Christmas lights

Yards decorated early increase risk of ungulate entanglements

Conservation Officers rescued a deer entangled in Christmas lights from a backyard in 108 Mile Ranch in November. Local CO James Zucchelli recommends residents and businesses don't decorate their trees and bushes too far before the holidays while the deer are still rutting.

Representation important to parents

Bridge Lake mother maintains her quest for community school

Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School (PSO) Grade 11 student Ashley Holyk, left, and her mother, Tammy Levesque-Holyk, learned a lot about what preparation and skills Ashley will need to pursue a career in medicine at the Find Your Fit tour on Nov. 24.

Family explores career skills

Find Your Fit shows students what they'll need to succeed

Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School (PSO) Grade 11 student Ashley Holyk, left, and her mother, Tammy Levesque-Holyk, learned a lot about what preparation and skills Ashley will need to pursue a career in medicine at the Find Your Fit tour on Nov. 24.

100 Mile House school trustee resigns

SD27 Zone 3 rep leaves for leadership role at CFEC

Senior curriculum extension applauded

School district, MLA agree with curriculum extension

Cougar kills donkey near Bridge Lake

COs track with hounds to dispatch prowling predator

Fire destroys Green Lake home

Firefighters battling natural gas, hydro lines in severe cold

Leon Chretien calls for localizing landlords

Real estate investment firm could support small business

Lack of softwood deal a problem

Lumber industry faces lost jobs, billions in duty dollars

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Legion elections turnout astonishing

Some new, some returning executives elected at general meeting

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