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The head of the B.C. Treaty Commission wants her mandate extended one more year to see if the federal-provincial effort to settle aboriginal land claims has a future after two decades.

Pat Bell's latest assignment is simple. As Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, all he has to do is take B.C.'s success in reaching out to Asia for forest products, extend it to the rest of the economy, and make Premier Christy Clark's jobs plan work.

Sparwood and Elkford students took part in the annual Terry Fox run. Students at Sparwood Secondary School watched a video commemorating Terry Fox and his journey, learning of the strength, and passion Terry Fox was filled with on during his run. They learned of his past and the reasons he was running for and they left inspired knowing that one person can truly make a difference.

The Canadian Red Cross will be holding a bullying prevention workshop in Sparwood

Police are trying to track down vandals who have been spray painting racial slurs and lewd drawings on cars and houses in Sparwood.

The B.C. government has presented legislation to restrict mining and oil and gas development in the Flathead watershed in southeastern B.C., formalizing an agreement reached with Montana in 2010.

The Fernie Heritage Library hosted a special event for middle school students last week, when an author came to Fernie to talk about his latest book, based on the Titanic.

The Fernie Women’s Resource Centre has moved location and is expanding the services offered to women and the community. Established in 1979, the centre has been operating out of the Fourth Avenue location but after nearly a year of planning have found a new home at 1592 10th Avenue. “Our old space was getting too small for the amount of people attending the centre and we simply needed more space,” says outreach worker Lauren Fox.

Conservation groups have welcomed new legislation to ban mining and energy development in B.C.’s Flathead River Valley, but say the Flathead remains far from protected.

Fernie is to take centre-stage in a family Christmas movie that shows how Santa and his pack of talking dogs save the happiest town in the world.