Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Iain Black is resigning his seat to take a new job as CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade. Premier Christy Clark said she is "delighted and saddened" to see the MLA who succeeded her as Port Moody-area MLA leave politics.

亚洲天堂 Lake and District Chamber of Commerce manager Laurie Reimer said to Village of 亚洲天堂 Lake mayor and council last week, that she does not agree with their decision to hold on to the administration of business licenses.

It is to be a one stop shop for permitting.

The Lakes District Film Society's application for a permissive tax exemption for the Beacon Theatre was approved by mayor and council last week.

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 亚洲天堂 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.