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B.C. wants teens signed up to vote

B.C. wants teens signed up to vote

B.C.'s new chief electoral officer wants to extend voter registration to 16-year-olds while they are in high school.
New injunction sought for Occupy Vancouver

New injunction sought for Occupy Vancouver

The B.C. government is seeking another injunction after Occupy Vancouver moves one block to courthouse.
B.C. Games shining bright in Greater Vernon

B.C. Games shining bright in Greater Vernon

Official ceremony launches countdown to sports extravaganza

Snow plow driver killed in accident near Trout Lake

Nakusp snow plow driver Barry Mayer was killed in an accident near Trout Lake.
Case closed on Heed's tainted election

Case closed on Heed's tainted election

Elections BC has dismissed complaints from an opposition MLA and the candidate Heed defeated in the 2009 B.C. election.
Don’t put your life on the line for firewood this fall

Don’t put your life on the line for firewood this fall

When the power went out on Monday, November 7, Nakusp had a couple of flickers in its supply, New Denver lost power for nearly three hours.
Former NHLer Niedermayer backs anti-Jumbo resort group

Former NHLer Niedermayer backs anti-Jumbo resort group

Retired hockey star Scott Niedermayer joins a local aboriginal group to press for rejection of Jumbo Glacier Resort.
B.C. child advocate reappointed

B.C. child advocate reappointed

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has been reappointed for a second term as B.C.'s Representative for Children and Youth.

Alcohol a factor in fatal crash between Nakusp and Burton

On the afternoon of November 10, another fatal crash took place on Highway 6 around eleven kilometres from Nakusp toward Burton.
Family law updated for modern times

Family law updated for modern times

The B.C. government has introduced changes to family law, to reflect modern trends from test-tube babies to common-law relationships.