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Premier Christy Clark has ended months of speculation and will stick to the scheduled date of May 2013 for the next B.C. election.

Fewer than 500 police officers found themselves dealing with a crowd of 155,000 hockey fans and troublemakers much more quickly than they expected, a review of the Stanley Cup riot has found.

At approximately 7:24 a.m. on Aug. 23, Burns Lake RCMP received a report of a break and enter and theft from a workshop on a rural property.

Village of Burns Lake Mayor Bernice Magee said the issue of establishing a Municipal Auditor General Office is like opening a can of worms.

The rejection of the harmonized sales tax (HST) has created a boatload of uncertainty for the B.C. housing industry.

Burns Lake is without a full time doctor for approximately six weeks.

The B.C. government is getting to work dismantling the harmonized sales tax (HST), a job that will take until March 2013 and add billions to the province's deficit.

A shortage of skilled workers and ways to train workers may drive up costs for construction projects being planned in the Northwest, and limit opportunities for local residents.

A work-to-rule campaign by public school teachers, set to begin on the first day of school, is only one dispute expected in education in the coming year.

The B.C. government's carbon neutrality program is working, but it needs changes, Environment Minister Terry Lake says. School and hospital funds are being diverted to carbon reduction projects at energy, cement and forest companies.