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A Westwold rancher has been handed a nearly $30,000 penalty by the B.C. Supreme Court after he pleaded guilty to obstructing natural resource officers from performing inspections amid a contentious environmental order. Erik Buff was fined $29,900 in a March 26 provincial court decision for his summer 2023 contravention of the Water Sustainability Act, during […]

Following the sudden death of Yassmine A. Yayli, a new mother who recently immigrated from Morocco to Salmon Arm, a GoFundMe has been started to support her young family. In a social media post sharing the fundraiser, the Shuswap Immigrant Services Society (SISS) said Yassmine, 32, and her husband Hasan arrived her two years ago

Michel Saint-Amour began his day at the historic Fort Langley site with a messy, but necessary cleaning of the blacksmith shop that dusted his face with soot. “We’re getting the ash out of the coke and then we’ll start the fire.” Saint-Amour explained. A resident of Mission, the 72-year-old Saint-Amour has been demonstrating the art

Williams Lake mayor and council are strongly opposed to any closure of Williams Lake’s Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Campus, no matter its financial condition. Council ratified a poll of council conducted late last month at a Tuesday, April 14 regular meeting that identified council is fully against the closure of the Williams Lake TRU campus,

Dear Editor, I really liked Marie Robson’s letter to the editor: Politician’s need to be held accountable, April 3, The News. How important is this? Politician’s get elected every four years, and it seems that within this short time frame they tend to get a wee bit cocky in their attitudes. Yes, we the voter’s