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The Wildfire Management Branch is advising Williams Lake residents that crews are conducting fuel modification activities on Fox Mountain this week.

Their bravery did not go unheralded but now three young men from Williams Lake will be recognized for their selfless act by earning one of the the highest honours in the nation.

The creation of a municipal auditor general’s office in the province may be in the consultation phase but it will happen.

The 53rd annual Williams Lake 4-H Show and Sale continues today and tomorrow.

The B.C. Public School Employers' Association applied to the labour board for a ruling expected by Friday, saying the B.C. Teachers' Federation continues to try to negotiate provincial issues such as class size and staffing ratios at local district bargaining tables.

Residents can now provide input into the fluoridation of the City’s water supply.

Williams Lake firefighters tend to a residential grass fire Monday morning on Second Avenue. The fire burned up the grass in front of a home, along with part of its fence, but no serious damage was done. The cause of the fire, firefighters said, is unknown.

Tributes are pouring in for federal New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, who died of cancer early Monday at age 61. Layton's death comes just months after Layton led the NDP to Official Opposition status in Canadian Parliament, a first for the party.

B.C.'s high school grads were leaving millions in scholarship money on the table by not writing optional final exams, so the education ministry has changed the system to make sure the aid gets to students who do well on mandatory tests.

Tourists are lining up at U.S. border crossings instead of heading to B.C.'s favourite coastal getaways, and summer traffic on BC Ferries is down about four per cent as a result.