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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.

After years of discussions, soil has finally been turned on Fernie’s new transfer station.

UBCM asks province to allow e-voting at civic level

The family of a 27-year-old man killed in the Crowsnest Pass when his car collided with a pick-up, are asking for people to take more care on the roads.

Civic leaders skeptical as Chong tries to calm concerns over new watchdog

Province will ignore any call for a moratorium

BC Ferries CEO David Hahn is leaving his post at the end of the year, part of a cost-cutting move that freezes salaries and reduces other executive salaries as the province's ferry service endures a slowdown in traffic.

Imagine that you were given the ability to create your own future and had a support network to help you at each step along the way to help get you there. That’s exactly what Fernie’s Community Partners have done with “Forever Fernie,” the community’s new Integrated Community Sustainability Plan.