Local News

St. Andrew's United Church is celebrating its 50th anniversary the first weekend in October with a family fun night on Friday, an open house Saturday afternoon and a special Sunday service.

The ninth annual Tree of Life fundraising campaign is underway at Shoppers Drug Marts across Canada, having raised more than $13 million since 2002.

B.C.'s oldest motorcycle toy run will begin at noon at CN Centre on Sunday.

The fourth annual Seven Summits Bike and Hike Challenge took place above Wells and Barkerville in the Cariboo Mountains Sept. 18 The event covered 56 km over seven mountains with more than seven thousand feet of elevation gained.

Finding a safe ride home from the bar should be the last thing a customer should have to worry about, said Brock Gable, owner of the Riverstone Bar and Grill.

The call is out for nominations for The BC Cancer Agency's 2010 Community Care Award. Residents are asked to nominate an exceptional cancer caregiver who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in providing support to cancer patients.

A million dollars worth of damage was caused by what Dawson Creek RCMP are calling mischief to construction equipment at a well site near Stewart Lake on Sept. 19.

Local young people who've caught the political bug will be interested in one of 95 from across the province to win a spot in the 82nd British Columbia youth parliament.

B.C.-based forest company West Fraser has announced capital spending of $125 million in the next 18 months to expand and upgrade its solid wood plants in the B.C. Interior, Alberta and U.S. South. West Fraser has extensive operations in northern B.C.

The search continues for 83-year-old Ruth Hjorth, who was last seen at her residence north of Trout Lake, near Nazko Sept. 16 and discovered missing by a concerned family member Sept. 18.