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Premier Gordon Campbell has appointed Kamloops-North Thompson Liberal MLA Terry Lake to lead a task force - which will include representation from the British Columbia Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BCSPCA) and Union of B.C. Municipalities - to review the circumstances related to the reported sled-dog killings in the Whistler area and to make recommendations to prevent such an incident from occurring again.

Thompson-Nicola Regional District has purchased a parcel of land including the upper bench of the Louis Creek Industrial Area for the building of an eco-depot. An eco-depot is an improved way of managing solid waste by allowing users to separate recyclables and reusable materials from the waste stream before disposing the residual in a fully enclosed disposal building. It offers a “one stop drop” for all waste and recyclable materials.

District of Clearwater should help pay to bring Dr. Jason Ohler to Clearwater to talk about digital literacy, Shelley Sim told town council during its Feb. 1 meeting.

VICTORIA - The B.C. government is investigating its third incident of problems with diagnostic medical imaging, this time at a hospital in Comox.

Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation’s main priority this year is salvaging beetle-damaged pine in Clearwater’s watershed.

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.