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The Tom Forsyth Memorial Arena is well on the way to having a biomass system installed.

Councillor Luke Strimbold suggested the interpretive centre building on Hwy. 16 should either be sold, or more clearly defined as an interpretive centre.

NDP leader Adrian Dix visited a college campus Monday to call on the B.C. government to reinstate the student grant program it canceled in 2004.

The defeat of the harmonized sales tax has nearly tripled B.C.'s deficit forecast for the current fiscal year, doubled it for next year, and left a $458 million gap for 2013 when the B.C. Liberal government has committed to balance the budget and call an election.

Towns and cities throughout B.C. will hold elections this fall.

Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP say that on Aug. 30 at 12:17 p.m. the major crimes unit South, arrested a 17 year old male in connection with the Feb. 19, homicide of local, Kyle Daniels, 21.

The Burns Lake Volunteer Fire Fighters Association are hoping to construct a training facility in Burns Lake.

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 31, Deas Island RCMP Freeway Patrol received multiple reports of several high end vehicles driving at a high rate of speed on Hwy. 99.

Two kilos of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $90,000 was found on a motorist stopped for speeding through Burns Lake.

Comfor Management Services Ltd. (CMSL) director Bernice Magee asked for more clarification on the company’s financial auditing process during a recent meeting.