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Tom Barr is calling it a day.

The brother of a man murdered on the Sugar Cane Reserve three years ago is making a public appeal in the hope that someone will come forward with new information necessary to solve the crime.

The Cariboo Regional District had 15 of its 17 resolutions it put forward at the annual Union of B.C. Municiaplities meeting last week accepted.

It was a working weekend for all five of these B.C. Livestock Co-op employees as the Williams Lake stock yards hosted the first-ever Pacific Invitational All Breeds Female Sale on Saturday, Oct. 1.

Sgt. Rick Lebeuf is one of the newer but more experienced faces at the Williams Lake RCMP detachment.

Attorney General Shirley Bond has ordered Crown prosecutors to ask judges to allow TV and radio coverage of court proceedings for those accused of participating in the Stanley Cup riot in June. But even if it happens, it will be highly restricted.

Mayor Kerry Cook and four councillors attended the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities meetings last week.

Media reports have suggested that the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association is considering three options to kick-start stalled labour talks with the province’s teachers. Those options include a cut in pay, a lock out or a transferring of the costs for teachers’ benefits to the union.

School District 27 trustees Pete Penner, Bruce Mack, and Wayne Rodier are stepping down from their school board duties.

The city of Williams Lake and B.C. Livestock Co-op, Williams Lake played host to the first ever Pacific Invitational All-Breeds Female Sale (cattle) on Oct. 1 at noon.