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Cindy Davis (right) from Children First, a program of the Women’s Contact Society, donates a cheque for $800 to Lil Mack (left) of Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy to use for Family Fest on Sunday, Feb. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Marie Sharpe School.

Massimo Calabrese takes a trip down the slide during the Sam Ketcham Memorial Pool’s 30th anniversary celebration last Saturday. Around 200 swimmers and 50 spectators joined City and Cariboo Regional District officials, along with the Ketcham family, to help celebrate the day.

The future of the Sosua Sister City Initiative could be in jeopardy after council moved Tuesday to “support and encourage” the creation of a stand-alone committee that could oversee project work, says initiative founder Glen Lehay.

Two weeks after deciding not to raise the remuneration rates for meals from $60 to $80 council was again deliberating the issue.

The races for the Liberal and NDP leaderships have been a boon for local constituency associations with both parties' local wings reporting a renewed interest.

Residents of Woodland Drive filled council chambers Tuesday night in the hopes that their presence would encourge council to move quickly to meet their needs.

Products Association of Canada’s (FPAC) recently released report The New Face of the Canadian Forest Industry — The Emerging Bio-Revolution will reignite the province’s 2009 promise to position British Columbia as a world leader in innovative and higher-value uses for wood.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 139 played host to a Super Bowl party Sunday.

“Misleading and irresponsible” is how RCMP Staff Sgt. Warren Brown characterizes a recently released report by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association report on rural and northern policing.

The Cariboo Regional District town hall meetings wrap up in Williams Lake tonight at City Hall.