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Jonathan Billyboy is in Williams Lake Supreme Court this week facing charges stemming from an October 2010 incident where a person drove erratically through the city before crashing into another vehicle, stealing a car, and assaulting a person who had tried to offer assistance.

The announcement by mayoral candidate Scott Nelson regarding the future of the Cariboo Lodge complex has been met with support by the Seniors’ Advisory Council of Williams Lake and Area.

City council backed away from presenting a united front on lobbying the province to remove the requirement of B.C. seniors to pay medical services plan premiums during the upcoming Union of British Columbia Municipalities meeting.

A caring citizen, who wishes to remain anonymous, put up tributes at City Hall, the RCMP office and the City fire hall this week in memory of all the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks in the U.S. that killed almost 3,000 people and injured many more. City staffer Shelley Wiggins examines the tribute at City Hall. Photographs of Canadians lost are in the tribute.

Council has settled on the fluoridation referendum question it will put to residents as part of the municipal election Nov. 19.

For the third time in as many municipal elections Steve Forseth’s name will be on the Nov. 19 ballot.

Online ads, often designed to look like news reports, are cropping up on popular websites claiming that you can get great deals on iPads and other electronics with online penny auctions.

Mitch Minchau, manager of environmental services for the Cariboo Regional District, explains one of the ways residents can provide input on the CRD’s proposed options for recycling, garbage, and composting at Let’s Talk Trash open house held Tuesday. Visit www.cariboord.bc.ca for further information.

A former Williams Lake resident appeared at his sentencing hearing for money laundering on Thursday, Sept. 8 in Surrey Provincial Court.

A man with convictions of violent sexual offences has been released from custody.