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Canada Post is switching all the roughly 1,650 households on the two rural routes in Clearwater from mailbox numbers to civic addresses

Party says close to 50,000 new members signed up

Local snowmobilers Bob and Liam Dhillon had a close brush with an avalanche on Saturday, Jan. 29.

BC Senior Games are being held this year in the Kootenays on Aug. 16 - 20, but BC Seniors Games Society is looking for a host for the year 2013-14.

Unionized workers from Canfor-Vavenby were to meet on Sunday to discuss arrangements asked for by the company as a possible first step to reopening, according to a member of the Vavenby sub-local plant committee.

A meeting of unionized Canfor-Vavenby workers on Sunday overwhelmingly endorsed arrangements with the company designed to the local sawmill operation

During a Jan. 27 meeting the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board adopted Avola Official Community Plan (OCP) and zoning amendment bylaws that will allow a towing and auto wrecking business in Avola. The amendments also realign an existing MH-1 (mobile home) zoning boundary on the property.

Wells Gray Country recently unveiled a striking new website that doesn’t just give viewers pretty pictures of that spectacular world-class wilderness area. It also makes full use of the latest technology and social media to potentially link thousands of people into a network of Wells Gray fans who can compare notes about it and promote it through word-of-mouth around the globe.