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B.C. won't appeal class size ruling

B.C. won't appeal class size ruling

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Premier backs NDP bid to ban weed killers

Premier backs NDP bid to ban weed killers

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ICBC to reward good drivers, punish the bad

ICBC to reward good drivers, punish the bad

Details so far sketchy on new carrot-and-stick insurance discount system
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HST costs average family $350 a year

HST costs average family $350 a year

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Arson in Nakusp: Rash of fires compounding illegal dumping problem

Arson in Nakusp: Rash of fires compounding illegal dumping problem

Someone is setting fires around Nakusp. On purpose. Fire Chief Terry Warren said Monday multiple fires have been set downtown and in rural areas, and that more than one arsonist may be at work.
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Cellular Curtain: West Kootenays not on short list for more Telus cell phone coverage

Telus is funding 80 new cellular sites in B.C. this year. The West Kootenays didn't make the list. Despite hundreds of kilometers of highways with no cellular signal - and pleas from local officials to bring remote Arrow Lakes areas into the cellular age - everyone from stranded travelers to emergency responders is without communication once they hit the cellular curtain on the road to either Revelstoke or Vernon.
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New Denver man, 22, dies in collision on Monashee summit

When Randy Earl Duncan, 22, of New Denver, put his baby daughter's safety first on Thursday, he had no way of knowing it would be a final selfless act. Duncan lost his life Thursday when the black F-350 pickup he was driving collided with a loaded tractor-trailer truck on the Monashee summit.
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Rich pensions soothe MPs' pain of defeat

Rich pensions soothe MPs' pain of defeat

Surrey's Cadman, Dhaliwal only two in B.C. who won't qualify
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Parking charges gone from B.C. parks

Parking charges gone from B.C. parks

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Student, 16, forms medical aid society to help Arrow Lakes families journey to care

Avery Palmer envisions an Arrow Lakes community where families and individuals in need of big-city medical help can afford to travel to get it. Palmer is making it happen with the formation of the Arrow Lakes Medical Aid Society. Pretty good for a 16-year-old.
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