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Skeena-Bulkley MP Nathan Cullen announced he will be making a run for the federal NDP leadership.

The B.C. government will provide more money for special-needs support in the province's public schools, and impose new training on teachers, according to Premier Christy Clark's first throne speech.

Civic delegates urge caution on smart meters, oil exports and P3 projects

UBCM votes 55 per cent for moratorium on wireless meter rollout

The Fort St. James Farmers’ Market Society were having its final sale of the year last week, and they were already looking to next year. The group is looking for a permanent headquarters for the market, and was asking council to help them look at using Spirit Square, which was suggested in the past.

The sockeye salmon are running in Stuart Lake again, and for the duration of the run, Vince Prince and Blondie Prince will be setting nets on the lake to harvest the fish for the community.

Premier Christy Clark has used her first keynote address to municipal leaders to announce what she calls a "modest" $30 million fund for local recreation centres, playgrounds and trails.

Many UBCM delegates fear planned watchdog on waste would itself be a waste of money

NDP leader Adrian Dix used his first speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities Thursday to attack a series of B.C. Liberal moves, from imposing a municipal auditor to restricting local government control of transit funding.

Treena Beauchamp and Vince Prince have been organizing and coordinating the seasonal effort to fill bellies and stockings for about five years. The pair have worked hard to streamline the process with good planning and spreadsheets to ensure the food hampers get filled and supplies arrive on time, but this year they will be unable to do the bulk of the coordinating.