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Civic delegates urge caution on smart meters, oil exports and P3 projects

UBCM votes 55 per cent for moratorium on wireless meter rollout

Premier Christy Clark has used her first keynote address to municipal leaders to announce what she calls a "modest" $30 million fund for local recreation centres, playgrounds and trails.

Clark opposes de Jong proposal to tinker with premiums

The BCAS is encouraging people on a local level by offering a course that will enable them to work as a paramedic at the entry level. The Emergency Medical Responder course is being offered in Nakusp through the Justice Institute, and has nine people enrolled. The people from New Denver, Nakusp, Rossland and Kaslo taking the course have a good chance of getting work in their region, as all four stations are currently looking for paramedics.

NDP leader Adrian Dix used his first speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities Thursday to attack a series of B.C. Liberal moves, from imposing a municipal auditor to restricting local government control of transit funding.

For the second time in as many years, the Slocan Lake RCMP have captured a marijuana cultivating suspect in a planned and successfully executed outdoor marijuana grow project in the Slocan Valley area.

Controversial MSP premium surcharge on table: de Jong

An 82-year-old Nakusp woman has died in a single-vehicle collision on Highway 23 south of Revelstoke.

It’s not a new idea, but now there is a nation-wide plan for product stewardship that will be putting the cost of recycling on producers. The idea is to encourage both producers and buyers to opt for less packaging because it will be good for their budgets as well as the environment.