Betty Rawcliffe, the grandmther of 15 year old Bradley Levesque, the Terrace teen who died after taking a fatal blow to the chest during a Thornhill birthday party in January 2011, spoke to all of the students at Lakes District Secondary School (LDSS) assembly last week.

Planning for first Indigenous Festival of the Arts to be held in ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake is currently underway. Rayanne Charlie, one of the event planners said she hopes the festival will eventually morph into a significant annual event in Western Canada.

An incident last week involving a School District 91 bus ending up in a ditch at Tatalrose Road on the Southside initiated questions from residents over the safety of the width of the road as well as the depth of the ditches.

Over 150 local students filed in to the College of New Caledonia (CNC) Lakes District Campus last week to attend the college's 2011 J.O.I.N. (job opportunities in the North) Career Fair.

Those first ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake settlers, in 1912 must have been very courageous because they faced great hardships with never a backward glance.

An innovative educational program starting in early March will help caregiving family members from ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake deal with the loss and grief issues associated with dementia.