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Those who want to enjoy our rivers and lakes by boat will now be subject to stricter guidelines when applying for their Pleasure Craft Operator Card. New boating exam standards became effective on April 15 as a result of Transport Canada’s decision to move towards standardized testing.

New Hazelton Elementary school is taking steps to improve the students’ reading and writing with a new program called Parents As Literacy Supporters.

The Tahltan have voted 82 per cent in favour of agreements providing money and employment opportunities tied to the Northwest Transmission Line and a stake in deciding how future economic development will take place on their traditional territory.

Granisle residents will have to travel 10 km to Topley Landing to vote in the federal election on May 2, despite the tradition in previous elections.

The K’san Performing Arts has been invited to participate and perform in a Cultural Exchange Project in Chengdu China with Mosuo Communities in Lu Gu Lake and Li Jiang in June of this year. Organizer Shirley Muldon said they are seeking funding as this invitation is one to amazing to pass by.

The Village of Telkwa may be creating a new position thanks to a grant from the Northern Development Initiative’s (NDI) Economic Development Fund.

The Village of Telkwa council might be feeling like they’ve been jumping through hoops for nothing. The village had been after funding through the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako to establish a recycling program but continued to hit a wall. Now they’ve learned that as a municipality, it wasn’t money they were eligible to have in the first place.

Vancouver-Kingsway Adrian Dix won the B.C. NDP leadership race Sunday, stressing his campaign theme of income inequality.

Justice system faces more funding restraint, but Attorney General predicts reforms will ease case backlog, waits.