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From Oct. 25 residents of the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN) will be able to dial 911 in an emergency.

At approximately 11:40 a.m. on Sept. 10, 2011, Burns Lake RCMP detachment received a report of a motor vehicle incident on Hwy. 35, South of the Eagle Creek Rd.

The Enbridge pipeline would see an annual property tax amount of more than $1.3 million fill the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN) coffers.

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.