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Premier kills idea of MSP surcharge on smokers

Premier kills idea of MSP surcharge on smokers

Clark opposes de Jong proposal to tinker with premiums
Cross-training program aims to increase rural paramedics

Cross-training program aims to increase rural paramedics

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.
Dix blasts B.C. Liberals in UBCM speech

Dix blasts B.C. Liberals in UBCM speech

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.

Not caught idling: outdoor Slocan grow op busted, one arrested at scene

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.

MVI on Hwy 23 claims Nakusp woman

An 82-year-old Nakusp woman has died in a single-vehicle collision on Highway 23 south of Revelstoke.
B.C. eyes higher fees to push smokers to quit

B.C. eyes higher fees to push smokers to quit

Controversial MSP premium surcharge on table: de Jong
RDCK wants new recycling plan to get it right

RDCK wants new recycling plan to get it right

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.
Online voting option backed by B.C. cities

Online voting option backed by B.C. cities

UBCM asks province to allow e-voting at civic level
Mounties set to ride into sunset, Ottawa warns B.C.

Mounties set to ride into sunset, Ottawa warns B.C.

Policing contract talks hit new level of brinkmanship
Cities grill province over municipal auditor

Cities grill province over municipal auditor

Civic leaders skeptical as Chong tries to calm concerns over new watchdog