Students and staff at William Konkin Elementary and Lakes District Secondary School donned suitable colours on Feb. 27 for Pink Shirt Day or Anti-Bullying Day. And a hot dog barbecue was also held at Lakeview Mall for Pink Shirt Day. Donations from the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, the barbecue and from Babine Forest Products raised $1,008.93 for the Elizabeth Fry Society.

Greg Butts a.k.a Lothar the Gregarious brings Society for Creative Anachronism to Prince Rupert

Group requested to peform their song ‘Worthy’ during New Westminster event

Lakes District Arts Council Annual General Meeting

Dave Sandsmark holds a framed map of St.Luke’s Cemetery at Francois Lake. The map is almost 100 years old and commemorates some of the original pioneers in the Lakes District. The cemetery is undergoing restorations. Sandsmark, of Sandsmark Joinery in ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake volunteered to make the frame for the map. (Donna Fowler photo)

The frozen surface of Tchesinkut Lake became the artistic canvas for ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake resident Liana Robinson, who walked through the snow to make the shapes. The art was seen on Feb. 17 along Highway 35. (Sandra Barth photos)

Students and staff at Fraser Lake Elementary Secondary School (FLESS) on Jan. 24 ate breakfast cooked by RCMP officers from the local detachment. The culinary events with the police happen on the second and fourth Thursday of each month during the school year, and are in addition to the more than 100 daily breakfasts that the school serves.

Forty-four students in Grades 11 and 12 from Lakes District Secondary School attended an open house at the College of New Caledonia (CNC) on Feb. 21 to experience the Direct Digital Instruction (DDI) system. The DDI technology allows the college to offer expanded material for first and second year courses and links up CNC’s six school sites in one room. (Submitted photo)

The national flag at the College of New Caledonia in ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake flies at half mast on Feb. 22 to honour the life of Berenice Haggarty, who passed away recently. Haggarty’s efforts saw the establishment of the Lakes District campus of the College of New Caledonia in 1976, a time when there were few opportunities for post-secondary education in northern British Columbia. She was one of the original members of the Regional College Committee that formed in 1963.

‘I’ve never seen that before in my life’