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Officials with the Cheslatta Carrier Nation are concerned the provincial government is backing away from promises to build a water release facility at the Nechako River headwaters.

Suds fly in legal brew-haha

The new mill at the Endako Mine was the centre of a celebration Friday.

A large piece of saltcake falling from the ceiling is believed to be the cause of a failure of a recovery boiler last Saturday at the Northwood Pulp Mill.

Construction of the much-anticipated replacement of Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre has yet to scratch the surface, but the wheels of that project are turning.

A teenager was killed this week when the dirt bike he was riding collided with a pickup driven by another youth. It happened Thursday at about 5:30 p.m. on a rural road about 30 kilometres east of Vanderhoof.

A group of protesters remained camped out in front of the McLeod Lake Indian Band office on Friday and are expected to stay there at least through the weekend.

Legion saved

Coun. Garth Frizzell is a techie. The owner of his own software company, Frizzell spends ample time immersed in the world of zeros and ones.

Retired social studies teacher Bill Perrin couldn't help but think back to the talks he used to give his students at Kelly Road secondary school.