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Fernie Secondary and Isabella Dicken Elementary Schools joined together to celebrate the start of a new school year with their annual “Welcome back pancake breakfast” and Terry Fox Run.

During September, the Canadian Cancer Society is highlighting men’s health with a fun and informative campaign – What’s Your Game Plan? – to remind men of the simple steps they can take to reduce their risk of cancer below the waist including prostate, colorectal and testicular cancers. Each September I reflect on my own experience dealing with prostate cancer.

Fernie Brewing Company is welcoming fall by releasing a beer that recently won gold at the Canadian Brewing Awards.

73rd Annual event hosted in North Thompson Agriplex

A cancer expert will be visiting Fernie on Friday, September 30, to teach residents how to protect themselves from the disease that affects nearly all of us in some way.

The first week of school this year was especially challenging for the staff and students at Frank J. Mitchell Elementary School in Sparwood. The second day of classes began with news that a three-year-old boy had gone missing from his bed in the middle of the night. Soon afterward, the community became aware that Kienan Hebert had likely been abducted.

Premier Christy Clark unveiled the details of her jobs plan at a Vancouver Board of Trade luncheon today, including a target to have eight new mines in operation by 2015. The B.C. Jobs Plan also promises an upgrade to the Deltaport shipping facility by 2014, in addition to improvements to the Prince Rupert port announced earlier in the week.

Fun and celebration at Hebert’s block party in Sparwood

Longtime friends, Alex Murray (left) and Vern Penner (right) made a road trip from their homes on the Lower Mainland to attend the Hebert’s Block Party on Saturday and show their support.

Premier Christy Clark stopped at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops Tuesday to unveil the second part of her jobs plan, a goal of increasing the number of international students in B.C. by 50 per cent. But critics were quick to point out that at least one of the key measures, an international education council, is already in place.