Friday May 24, 2013



QUESTION OF THE WEEK

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  • Monday-itis infects SD 59

    "Monday-itis" is to blame for close to $1 million in teacher sick day costs, according to Gerry Slykhuis, secretary treasurer for School District 59.
    "We have seen the trends and we see the people (teachers) who have their single day or two sick days every month consistently," said Slykhuis, at...

  • Little and Bolin – B.C.’s top junior riders

    Groundbirch’s Tommi-Sue Little and Montney’s Chance Bolin are the Junior High All Around Cowgirl and Cowboy of B.C. after placing in the winner’s circle at the division finals, May 17-18, in Hudson’s Hope.
    "I’m really happy," said Little, after winning the buckle and ...

  • Local News

    Blackout on Friday

    Blackout on Friday

    People living along the Alaska Highway west of the Dawson Creek will have to make sure their alarm clocks have battery backup Friday morning.
    BC Hydro is planning a four-hour long power outage in the wee hours of Friday morning – in between the hours of 12 and 4 a.m. – and will affect ...

Local News

Farmers fight PRRD bylaw

Farmers dominated yesterday's Peace River Regional District (PRRD) meeting, expressing their...

Feds fund turbine training

A fund of $225,000 for a wind turbine training tower was promised by the federal government on...

Federal court backs TFWs

Temporary foreign workers will be able to work for the Murray River coal project near Tumbler Ridge,...

MP addresses Senate expense scandal

As questions about ethics continue to swirl regarding the expense scandal in the Senate,...

Local Sports

Girls’ rugby rolls to league championship finals

A shutout of St. Joseph’s Academy on Wednesday in Grande Prairie means the Dawson Creek and...

Seniors buckle down for rodeo finals

The B.C. North High School Rodeo Association held its last senior rodeo of the season in...

Riding trail-safe

It’s quad season in the Peace Region, and as more four-wheeler enthusiasts begin revving up...

Slo-pitch catching on

With the recreational slo-pitch season well underway, league officials are seeing a number of new...

Agriculture NewsPowered by: AgCanada.com

Manitoba corn growers have made good progress planting over the past two weeks, but the late start...

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Friday aided by short-covering...

Nearby U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday for the first time in seven sessions and spot corn...

Industry representatives from Alberta and throughout Canada have told the federal and provincial...


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