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Another set of millions year old fossils have been found in Tumbler Ridge.

The municipal watchdog didn't have much of a grasp as to how local governments work, according to a new Union of B.C. Municipalities study of the auditor general for local government.

There was a fundraising dinner held Sunday night at the Hart Pioneer Centre to help cancer patient Laura Angell. The dinner raised $6,211.

A Smithers man arrested in connection with Tuesday's armed robbery of a College Heights bank has been formally charged. Shortly before 2:30 p.m.

Police are on the hunt for suspected thieves in the Pineview area. Shortly after 6:30 Thursday morning, RCMP responded to a call about a theft in progress on Wilson Road.

A man walking on Porter Avenue between Oak and Pine Streets was assaulted and robbed at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday night. RCMP got a report of the crime the next day. The three men took the victim's cell phone and cash.

A girl has died after crashing her ATV near Hudson's Hope on Tuesday. RCMP were called to gravel road two kilometres off of Farrell Creek Road shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

A city grant application to help fund upgrades to Masich Place Stadium has been approved, banking a quarter of a million dollars for the project. Northern Development Initiative Trust will provide the $250,000 for work on the 25-year-old stadium.

Integris Credit Union became the city's first business to be certified as a Living Wage Employer under provincially recognized standards. But first they had to figure out what that number was for this region.

Tessa Morgan was at work Monday morning when a friend called to say that her home was in flames. "I had a panic attack," said Morgan, a single mother who lives with her two young kids. "I sat on the floor and cried for awhile.