Telkwa Range snowmobiling permit lottery opens

Shea Long roosts in the Shoot Out in the Telkwa Range. (SnoRiders, Houston/Shea Long photo)
Application period is Oct. 20 to Nov. 20 for snowmobiliers and skiers to gain access to Starr Basin

Rio Tinto Alcan’s aluminum smelter at Kitimat competes against producers in the Middle East and Russia that have no carbon tax. (Rio Tinto)

B.C. carbon tax highest in Canada, export industries unprotected
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Vancouver teacher suspended after swearing, touching students and complimenting underwear
A glimpse of some of the 480 (approx) cars written off as a result of the acid spills along the Trail highway in 2018. Photo: Trail Times

2 years after huge highway acid spill, Kootenay Ford dealer’s frustration grows with ICBC
Mail-in ballot from Elections BC (Katya Slepian/Black Press Media)

At least 26% of eligible voters have already cast their ballot, Elections BC says

A 2018 decision to fly a rainbow flag ended up costing the City of Langley $62,000 in legal fees (Langley Advance Times file)

Human rights win in rainbow flag fight cost B.C. city $62,000
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen during a news conference Tuesday October 20, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Trudeau and his family decide against trick-or-treating this year due to COVID
Surrey RCMP cruisers outside a Newton townhouse Tuesday night. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)

Toddler in hospital, woman dead following stabbings at Surrey townhouse
Wyatt Grice has been visiting Neil Worsfold at Four Corners Barber all his life. Neil recently welcomed Jessica Meadows to the Four Corners Team.

Extra time for your trim — Smithers staple welcomes a fresh face

    BC Votes 2020
    B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan arrives at Luxton Hall to cast their votes in advance polls for the provincial election in Langford, B.C., Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

    Pandemic election prompts voter suppression claims by B.C. Liberals

    ‘These emergencies require in us a maturity that has been lacking in politics for so long’

    Working smoothly together on May 11, 2020, health minister Adrian Dix, B.C. Liberal health critic Norm Letnick, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and sign language interpreter Nigel Howard. (B.C. government video)

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    Alberta's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday, July 6, 2020. Advisers are reportedly recommending Alberta's kindergarten to Grade 4 arts and social studies curriculum remove all references to residential schools because it's "too sad" for young children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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    Documents suggest children younger than Grade 4 are too emotionally vulnerable to learn about residential schools

    Green Party Leader Annamie Paul talks about the party’s position on the government’s speech from the throne during a news conference in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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    Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen and the Vancouver Canucks are scheduled to go to salary arbitration on Oct. 28. (File photo)

    Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen, Vancouver Canucks playing waiting game for new contract

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    Course workers prepare the landing area at the ski jump venue in Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, B.C. Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

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    Canada last hosted the championships in 1997 in Canmore, Alta.

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    A narwhal tusk that was donated to a Goodwill store in northwest Calgary this summer will soon be gifted to the Arctic Institute of North America (Hesam Rezaei)

    Narwhal tusk discovered in Calgary Goodwill pile to be donated to university

    The tusk had federal hunting tags from 1978 attached that say animal was harvested from the central Arctic

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    The 8mm reel included an incredible two minutes of the 1955 Fall Fair parade on Main Street

    Vernon’s Francois Arseneault first started collecting old reels of film in the mid-’80s and its grown to nearly 2,000 from around the world. (Caitlin Clow - Black Press Media)

    Vernon videographer an ‘accidental historian’

    Film collector Francois Arseneault has more than 2,000 reels and took it upon himself to preserve the history

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    Obituaries

    Teodoro Barbuto

    Sep 30th, 2020

    Robert Wayne Mansfield

    Sep 25th, 2020

    Frederick Eugene Roisum

    Sep 23rd, 2020

    Johannes Petrus Maria ‘Jos’ Konst

    Sep 5th, 2020

    Mary Anne Bernt (nee Cooper)

    Sep 3rd, 2020

    Gerald Robert Phipps

    Aug 25th, 2020

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    Entertainment
    Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 4, 2018, left, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. on Nov. 20, 2016. Giuliani appears in a scene in the new “Borat” film. The scene, which was filmed in a New York hotel room in July, resulted in Giuliani calling police. (AP Photo)

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    Brenda wakes up annoyed to the news of a Confederate flag strung across Main Street in Smithers

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