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Premier Christy Clark has used her first keynote address to municipal leaders to announce what she calls a "modest" $30 million fund for local recreation centres, playgrounds and trails.

UBCM votes 55 per cent for moratorium on wireless meter rollout

Olson had served almost 30 years in prison for abducting, raping and murdering eight girls and three boys in British Columbia from 1980-81

A new conservation officer has been appointed to be stationed in Fernie and focus on education and patrolling the RDEK Area A.

Clark opposes de Jong proposal to tinker with premiums

NDP leader Adrian Dix used his first speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities Thursday to attack a series of B.C. Liberal moves, from imposing a municipal auditor to restricting local government control of transit funding.

Many UBCM delegates fear planned watchdog on waste would itself be a waste of money

Controversial MSP premium surcharge on table: de Jong

The provincial government will be focusing on British Columbia’s main industries to maintain and create jobs, says Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett.

When school bus driver John Nykiforuk took over the Blewett run outside Nelson a few years ago, the behaviour of some of his young passengers was “well, pretty bad.” During the up to 45-minute run, boredom would result in disruptive and unruly antics.