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A man well known to police and the court is in custody after allegedly stealing a backpack and several electronic devices from a vehicle. Kurt Werner Steinhauser, 35, was arrested Thursday evening.

The B.C. Prosecution Service provided details Friday on why it will not pursue charges against an RCMP emergency response team from the shooting death of a man in a standoff southeast of Valemount three years ago.

A proposed amendment to the Downtown Incentives Program Partnering Agreement between the city and the Northern Development Initiatives Trust is going before city council on Monday. The deal would see NDIT provide $1.

Six of the 106 homes in the Hart Highlands which are not connected to the city's sanitary sewer system are likely to have the service approved by city council on Monday.

As Alefest has grown, so has the beer industry of the region. In fact, one can draw direct lines between the annual charity event and the establishment of local brewing.

City council will discuss expanding the student Upass program to include access to the Two Rivers Gallery, The Exploration Place and the Outdoor Ice Oval.

The city's unemployment rate stood at 5.2 per cent in November, according to a Statistics Canada labour market survey. That's down from 6.5 per cent for the same month last year.

Thirty-four building permits for $8.1 million worth of construction were taken out at city hall in November, according to a staff report. At $2.5 million, the Nine on Seventh condominium porject at 1699-7th Ave. led the way.

HANOI, Vietnam - Three weeks in and the body and mind have happily embraced the current state of being - managing multiple time zones for work; local ways to exercise - boxing, running clubs, and late-night Zumba in the park; and, astringently new experiences each time I set out the door. With my feet firmly squared, it was time to push the edges of the comfort zone in search of the "growth zone"; between what has become second nature and what manifests in sheer panic.

The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George board of directors voted to accept a new delegation agreement with the Agriculture Land Commission on Thursday, despite significant new work and costs for the district.