WEB EXTRA: Williams Lake RCMP investigate armed robbery

Williams Lake RCMP responded to an armed robbery in progress at the Scrub UR Duds Laundromat Wednesday morning, after two males entered the store brandishing a weapon. At about 10:15 a.m., investigators attended the store on 10th Avenue where they learned that two males had entered the store. One suspect produced... more

CCA president supports Redstone slaughterhouse

Cariboo Cattlemen’s Association president Duncan Barnett gives thumbs up to Felix Schellenberg for his initiative to build a slaughtering and butchering facility in the heart of the Chilcotin. “I think it’s great and I can assure you that ranchers throughout the... more

• Redstone rancher builds new slaughterhouse
• Starbucks part of Safeway renovations
• Local foods year-round

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Build it and the cat will come

You know that movie Field of Dreams?  The one based on W. P. Kinsella’s book Shoeless Joe?  Well the exact same thing just happened to me.  Only it didn’t have anything to do with baseball or corn fields.  Instead it... more

• Homeless for a day in Williams Lake  
• Contest raises awareness about the dangers of alcohol abuse
• Protect yourself and those around you

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Five pieces of advice for the new mayor and council

Honourable Mayor and Council, It’s a fact that many people in our area are tired (read ‘completely up to here’) of politics, elections, incumbents, recession, Gallup polls, posturing, radio, television, the stock market, Jim Kramer, the new fire hall, Wal-Mart, Prosperity,... more

• Our post-Obama political scene
• The world is run by those who show up; so why didn’t Williams Lake voters?
• Thanks to outgoing politicians

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TRU-City partnership could help define environmental limits

Editor: A question asked Nov. 3, 2008 of our Council candidates was “What role (do) they see Thompson Rivers University playing in the future inWilliams Lake?”  Consider that TRU can fulfill its own mission as a university conducting valid research in... more

• There is an alternate Bella Coola route
• Cobb’s immigrants column obtuse and hypocritical
• Is the NDP going in reverse on the economy?

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Why the Interurban won't work today

Those who campaign for reviving the B.C. Electric Interurban tram rail line in the Fraser Valley are in need of a reality check. The route that was built almost a century ago between New Westminster and Chilliwack made sense at the... more

• Transport study was stacked against B.C.: critic
• Yes, they did.
• Dummies need 'smart cards'

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