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Chilliwack-Hope MLA Barry Penner has announced he is resigning as B.C. attorney general and won't run in the next B.C. election.

Police are currently cracking down on those who bike without a helmet. This is due to recent incidents where individuals have fallen off their bikes and sustained brain injuries. Most recently, an intoxicated woman fell off her bike after drinking at a liquor establishment. “She sustained head injuries that most likely could have been prevented if she was wearing a helmet,” said Cpl. Don Erichsen, Elk Valley RCMP.

Local wakesurfer, Caroline Villeneuve can be seen carving up an inland wave at Lake Koocanusa this summer, in training for the World Wakesurfing championships to be held in September.

Conservation officers have shot a cougar that killed a deer and was feasting on it under the deck of an Elkford residence.

B.C.'s two-year-old 'gangs and guns' strategy is working, and the province will continue to do its share to maintain it, Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond says.

The federal government has confirmed the appointment of former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell as Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

A contract worth $4,646,317 has been awarded to Interoute Construction Ltd. to repair and resurface approximately 30 km of Highway 43 between Sparwood and Elkford.

The Baynes Lake Official Community Plan and the South Country Zoning Bylaw have been adopted by the RDEK.

Frank Scarpelli has lived in the Second Avenue house for 41 years. He paid $12,500 for it at the time, and said people often ask him why he doesn’t rent part of it out, but he likes having all that space for him and his wife!

Striking Finning workers in Sparwood headed back to work last week after agreeing to a new contract.