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Pressure grows for disability support

Pressure grows for disability support

A B.C. Liberal MLA has joined opposition calls for an overhaul of services to developmentally disabled people.
Annual flu shot season begins

Annual flu shot season begins

Doctors' offices, clinics and pharmacies have begun the annual influenza vaccination program, which is free for seniors and children between six and 23 months old.

Nakusp Candidates for 2011

After extending the nomination deadline to Monday October 17th, here is the list of candidates for Nakusp councillor positions.
BC Hydro cuts 300 jobs, 150 to come

BC Hydro cuts 300 jobs, 150 to come

BC Hydro is moving ahead with its cost-cutting program, eliminating 300 positions this week and announcing 150 more will be gone in the next two years.
Treaty commission calls for political will

Treaty commission calls for political will

The head of the B.C. Treaty Commission wants her mandate extended one more year to see if the federal-provincial effort to settle aboriginal land claims has a future after two decades.
Burton’s window to the world about to be broadened, again

Burton’s window to the world about to be broadened, again

Three years ago, Arrow Park residents got a boost when Bill Mitchell hooked their local network up with the Burton Internet Society’s service.

Nakusp Mayor Karen Hamling’s Report from UBCM 2011

This year, the Union of B.C. Municipalities met in Vancouver from Sept. 25th to 30th. From Nakusp, councillors Leitch, Mueller, our CAO and I attended. We had several meetings scheduled with various ministries, making our schedule very busy, probably one of the busiest UBCM’s I have attended.
'Botched' policing let Pickton kill, inquiry told

'Botched' policing let Pickton kill, inquiry told

VPD, RCMP had many chances to stop serial killer preying on Downtown Eastside women
Pressure on B.C.'s minister of jobs

Pressure on B.C.'s minister of jobs

Pat Bell's latest assignment is simple. As Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, all he has to do is take B.C.'s success in reaching out to Asia for forest products, extend it to the rest of the economy, and make Premier Christy Clark's jobs plan work.
Flathead mining, drilling ban official

Flathead mining, drilling ban official

The B.C. government has presented legislation to restrict mining and oil and gas development in the Flathead watershed in southeastern B.C., formalizing an agreement reached with Montana in 2010.