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With the RCMP policing contract currently under negotiation between federal and provincial agencies some municipalities are clamouring to have their voices heard regarding what policing is costing them and the impact it’s having on their bottom lines.

B.C.’s plan to fund nicotine patches and gum for smokers has been lauded by the Canadian Cancer Society and other health organizations, but the program has its detractors. The program is set to start Sept. 30.

The long-awaited gaming grant review promised by Premier Christy Clark will be in Williams Lake Aug. 18.

A missing Abbotsford teen has been found safe with her mom in Williams Lake.

Many garden plants are becoming invasive or become invasive as a result of unsafe disposal practices, the Cariboo Regional District’s invasive plant management department says in a recent release.

Summer having finally arrived a month late, I made a plan to go fishing at Tisdall Lake on Sunday, Aug. 7.

The Cariboo Regional District’s deputy chief administrative officer Rick Hodgson has been awarded with the Applied Science Techologists and Technicians of British Columbia Association’s top in technology award.

The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association (CCC) is introducing a Green Tourism Canada (GTC) initiative that will help tourism operators in the region reduce their carbon footprint and become more sustainable, the association announced Tuesday.

The B.C. government's plan to appoint a municipal auditor-general has raised concerns in local government circles, but the minister responsible says it won't mean the province is going to start telling local councils how to tax and spend money.

Water and sanitary sewer work along Oliver Street has been completed, according to an Aug. 5 City press release.