Woodlot licensees Alistair Schroff and Earl Ingram were presented with a cheque for $3,500 and the Minister's Award of Excellence for Woodlot Management by Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad.

Lake Babine Nation (LBN) and the Village of Granisle officially sealed the deal in a collaborative community forest venture last week.

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.

At approximately 8:14 a.m. on Aug. 20, 2011, the ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake RCMP detachment received a report of a stabbing inside a residence on Toh Street.

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.

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.

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.

Chilliwack-Hope MLA Barry Penner has announced he is resigning as B.C. attorney general and won't run in the next B.C. election.

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True to his word, Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad released a break down of his expenditures on Facebook last week.