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A student from Elkford Secondary School got third prize in a welding competition held by the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook.

The Mayor of Sparwood has written a letter to the Mayor of Kamisunagawa, Sparwood’s sister city in the north of Japan.

Sparwood Mayor and newly elected Conservative candidate in waiting, David Wilks, was humbled after hearing the results from last week’s campaign.

Fernie Fire Rescue attended a fire on Tuesday that started in the drum of an industrial clothes dryer.

Towns in the Elk Valley will be taking part in Earth Hour this weekend, by switching off lights in the communities.

Completion of the new Corbin overpass near Sparwood is now expected to be in July this year, nearly a year later than originally planned.

Sparwood mayor and Conservative candidate David Wilks has been on the road this week as the nomination selection began for the Conservative Party of Canada.