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UBCM convention to mull civic spending watchdog

There was an early morning break-in at the Esso station at Christina Lake on Aug. 22.

The City of Grand Forks selected Pro-Creative Design Lab to develop its new website earlier in the year and the fruits of that labour are now available.

Powerhouse Developments Inc. has been granted a five-year extension to its Environment Assessment Certificate for the Cascade Heritage Power Project at Christina Lake.

Grand Forks' Mayor Brian Taylor and CAO Lynne Burch recently traveled to Victoria to meet with Minister Ida Chong regarding infrastructure funding.

The first load of logs has been brought into the Midway mill under Vaagen Fibre Canada operation while the directors of Boundary Sawmills Inc. continue efforts to raise funds.

Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Iain Black is resigning his seat to take a new job as CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade. Premier Christy Clark said she is "delighted and saddened" to see the MLA who succeeded her as Port Moody-area MLA leave politics.

The B.C. Public School Employers' Association applied to the labour board for a ruling expected by Friday, saying the B.C. Teachers' Federation continues to try to negotiate provincial issues such as class size and staffing ratios at local district bargaining tables.

Tributes are pouring in for federal New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, who died of cancer early Monday at age 61. Layton's death comes just months after Layton led the NDP to Official Opposition status in Canadian Parliament, a first for the party.

B.C.'s high school grads were leaving millions in scholarship money on the table by not writing optional final exams, so the education ministry has changed the system to make sure the aid gets to students who do well on mandatory tests.